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This is a great argument in favor of shorter copyright terms. Instead of a situation in which everyone loses (the status quo), after some point, the games woul
by chimeracoder 4y ago
This is a great argument in favor of shorter copyright terms.
Instead of a situation in which everyone loses (the status quo), after some point, the games would become public domain because the maximum possible copyright period has run out, enabling people to play them again.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoOr at least require active registration and renewal, which fixes the "orphan works" problem to a certain extent.
- PeterisP 4y agoThis seems like an argument for copyright terms which are short by default but can be extended if the holder cares about them and pays some fee; so any abandoned content would actually become available to the public instead of being locked away for whole generations.
- autoexec 4y agoI don't see any benefit to the public in allowing a company to pay a fee to extend their copyright. Once the copyright has lapsed the company will still be free to do whatever they want with the property, it's just that so will everyone else.