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Personally I think it should be 25 years But yes. That is how copyright works. At the end of the term, the item falls into public domain. If that term is 20 ye

Personally I think it should be 25 years But yes. That is how copyright works. At the end of the term, the item falls into public domain. If that term is 20 years, then your photo should be public domain by then. That should incentivize you to take more photos

shagie 5y ago
As a hobbyist photographer, no - it wouldn't incentivize me to take more photos... or rather, it would incentivize me to not publish my photos and share them with others online. Simply said, if you wish to profit from or enjoy the creative works that I have done beyond what I've provided, I expect some compensation. If that term was 20 years, my photographs would never have been displayed online in the first place. Additionally, model releases and property releases become much more difficult when someone in the photograph loses their rights for how the photograph may be used. I firmly believe that a reduction of the copyright duration that would make it expire during the lifetime of the artist or model would have a chilling effect on hobbyist art being accessible to the public.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > my photographs would never have been displayed online in the first place. So the world would have to learn to somehow live with that loss. Given all the other works it would get access to in stead, I strongly suspect the world at large will find that a great bargain. I've never (AFAIK) seen your photos even in this timeline where they are online (IIUC?), and I'm okay with that. But I'd sure love it if a bunch of stuff I know of from between 1923 and 1990 were in the public domain. So at least I would find that bargain great.