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As I suggested in an earlier thread, why is noone starting a copyright liberalization campaign? If there was a strong political coalition to limit the duration
by narrator 15y ago
As I suggested in an earlier thread, why is noone starting a copyright liberalization campaign? If there was a strong political coalition to limit the duration of copyright to 25 years, to limit the use of overly broad patents, etc. it would provide a counteracting force that would force the copyright holders to compromise "in the middle". Instead we are doing boycotts and strongly worded letters, which while helpful, does not really do enough to stop them from steamrolling along with their agenda.
- jerf 15y agoEveryone would diffusely benefit from copyright liberalization, but it isn't the top priority for anyone. A few people (in relative terms) greatly benefit from copyright extension, and it is their top priority. I'm not sure there's a form of government that avoids this problem, but representative republic certainly isn't one of them.
- narrator 15y agoMaybe this was the reason the Pirate Party of Germany and Sweden were formed. Someone had to make it their top issue.