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Mandatory licensing seems fine. The government charges a tax on everyone. Revenue is handed to authors based on how many times the work is used. There are so
by hedora 3y ago
Mandatory licensing seems fine.
The government charges a tax on everyone. Revenue is handed to authors based on how many times the work is used.
There are some questions around how to weigh things like societal importance of the work.
(“Not melting down nuclear reactors for dummies” seems like it should get more money per view than “poodles in outer space vol XXXII”, despite likely having lower readership)
- listenallyall 3y agoIsn't this the opposite of what the people against copyright are seeking? They want more art to be unprotected, instead, in the public domain, free to use for all. You're making things even more restrictive financially by attaching a tax to all books/songs/movies etc, plus creating a government-controlled, universal monitoring and enforcement system.