Copyright is mostly a monopoly situation. I (and probably most others) are OK with Trademark use as a form of consumer protection. Automatic copyright for som

Copyright is mostly a monopoly situation. I (and probably most others) are OK with Trademark use as a form of consumer protection. Automatic copyright for some reasonable time, say 10 years, could be automatic and free. Renewals past that time (E.G. in 10 year blocks) should be exponentially more costly.