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This 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 abandone
by PeterisP 5y ago
This 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 5y 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.