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I thought most sites had the copyright year dynamically set to the current one, though I also kinda half recall someone saying that wasn't good practice either.

• desas 4y ago
  It's not. The copyright year shows when the content was first published (if a range, then when it was last modified). If the year is dynamic, then it's untrustworthy. If I'm reading some content in the year 4023 that says (C) 2023 CM30, then I know the copyright has since expired and I'm free to do what I want with it. If it's dynamically saying (C) 4023 CM30 then it doesn't say when it was published. If I'm publishing something in 2019 with a dynamic date, and it says (C) 2023 and by astonishing coincidence it's very similar to another piece of work by another author that has a static date and it says (C) 2021, it appears that my work post-dates their work rather than pre-dates it. Mostly this matters much less now and there's other ways of proving publication date but in older media it mattered more.
  • CM30 4y ago
    Isn't copyright based on the time since the author died? Like thanks to Disney's bullshit, life + 70 years or something? Not sure if I'll still be alive in 4023, though I don't have a crystal ball. Presumably if you know whether the author is alive or not, you'll be safe in knowing if it's under the copyright still, assuming it hasn't had a creative commons license attached or been put into the public domain.
    • desas 4y ago
      Life + 70 years for people, Publication date +70 years for non-people.