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Frustrating. The fact it takes this long for things to enter the public domain is quite Dystopian. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html https:
by roody15 4y ago
Frustrating. The fact it takes this long for things to enter the public domain is quite Dystopian.
https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html
I cannot fathom any reason for these extended lengths :/
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- spaceribs 4y agoMoney.
- brianzelip 4y ago> I cannot fathom any reason for these extended lengths :/ See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_(book): This book documents how copyright power has expanded substantially since 1974 in five critical dimensions: duration (from 32 to 95 years), scope (from publishers to virtually everyone), reach (to every view on a computer), control (including "derivative works" defined so broadly that virtually any new content could be sued by some copyright holder as a "derivative work" of something), and concentration and integration of the media industry. It also documents how this industry has successfully used the legal system to limit competition to the major media corporations through legal action against...
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- louhike 4y agoWhat makes me sad is that a lot of "protected" works were made by artists who could take inspirations from works more easily at the time, as copyright was more permissive.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoThe reason is wealth accumulation, and a legal and political system which supports capital