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Originally. But then publishers got greedy ("greed is forever") and instead of a relatively short term of protection before becoming public domain we now have s
by ptero 4y ago
Originally. But then publishers got greedy ("greed is forever") and instead of a relatively short term of protection before becoming public domain we now have stupid multi-decade restrictions. Those prevent us from printing good out of print books and do not give any benefit to either publisher or the author.
- plaguepilled 4y agoI agree with this. It would be nice to have a reduced grace period for books before they're public domain - something like 40 years seems reasonable to me.
- visarga 4y ago40 years seems excessive. I searched a bit for some reference > We find that almost all books, regardless of category, peak in the first 15 weeks after publication https://epjdatascience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1140/epjds/s13688-018-0135-y https://epjdatascience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1140/epj... A graph with sales per week/week after publication https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1140%2Fepjds%2Fs13688-018-0135-y/MediaObjects/13688_2018_135_Fig9_HTML.gif?as=webp https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image... Seems that 2 years after publication the number of copies sold per week declines by two orders of magnitude compared to the peak.
- plaguepilled 4y agoI think I like that idea more. My lean to 40 years is just to satisfy the needs of some academic IPs. I suppose it wouldn't be difficult to categorise IP duration though
- ptero 4y agoI think the applications could be protectable, not the pure academic research. If there is no clear practical benefit in 10 years, do not prevent others from working on those findings to try for something more practical. To me, 5-7 years seems reasonable for technology inventions (patents), 7-10 years for books and other art.