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Copyright expiry getting tied to the author's death doesn't make a ton of sense to me? The economic value of an author's work is, if anything, improved by the a
by kevinmchugh 4y ago
Copyright expiry getting tied to the author's death doesn't make a ton of sense to me? The economic value of an author's work is, if anything, improved by the author's death, but if copyright expires at death or somewhat shortly after, the ability to capture that value disappears.
There are contractual ways to structure this such that authors hurt as much as the publisher, but no way to prevent the publisher from losing out when all their competitors can print a book very suddenly.
I also can't think of any justification for copyright privileging running series over standalone works. There's already trademark to protect that.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoThe goal of copyright is to encourage creating works. If you are dead you don’t really accrue the benefit anymore so it’s not motivating you any longer.
- kevinmchugh 4y agoShould a 90 year old be less encouraged to create new works than a 30 year old? Some authors die with works finished but unpublished - why should the reward for bringing those to market be treated any different than the works published while they were alive?
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