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The author presumably got paid at some point and how much directly relates to how long the new rights holder will be able to monetize the creation. If a book i
by realityking 6y ago
The author presumably got paid at some point and how much directly relates to how long the new rights holder will be able to monetize the creation.
If a book is only copyrighted for, say, 5 years after creation, the advances for authors will become a lot smaller.
- fossuser 6y agoThat seems fine on net since the public benefits massively. If it turns out 5 isn't enough time to incentivize people to actually write books or make movies then maybe back to the original 14. I don't know the specific policy answer that turns out to be enough time to keep the incentive, but I do know it isn't 95 years after the publication date or 70 years after the author's death.