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It makes it cost effective for content which is highly profitable. A corporation isn't going to pay to keep garbage registered at a high fee but an individual w
by Polylactic_acid 7y ago
It makes it cost effective for content which is highly profitable. A corporation isn't going to pay to keep garbage registered at a high fee but an individual will pay to keep something that is raking in mountains of cash. Not that it really matters much because virtually everything stops bringing in any money at all by 30 years. The only things that continue to have value are names and characters.
- mjevans 7y agoThe exact names and likenesses might be preserved via Trademark as a form of consumer protection. Meanwhile, derivative like works could still be created as long as they were clear to not confuse consumers.
- numpad0 7y ago> A corporation isn't going to pay to keep garbage registered at a high fee Look at patent registry
- nine_k 7y agoThe fees are neither high nor increasing with time.
- taejo 7y agoThey are not high but in many countries they do increase with time: e.g. in Germany the maintenance fee is 70 EUR in the third and fourth years, increasing year by year to 1940 EUR in the 20th year (and 4520 EUR in the 26th year in the case of supplementary protection) https://www.dpma.de/docs/english/formulare/allg_eng/a9510_1.pdf https://www.dpma.de/docs/english/formulare/allg_eng/a9510_1....