> In general, judging which categories don't need the protection of copyright amounts to deciding which categories of readers don't matter. I agree if you say

> In general, judging which categories don't need the protection of copyright amounts to deciding which categories of readers don't matter. I agree if you say "don't need protection", though I think that's a harsher criticism of my proposal than is warranted. Maybe there are categories which need stronger protection that what I proposed, which is fine. But I think you're also not considering the fact that _entry into the public domain_ is also a huge positive value to the reader. So, we need to have a balance between adequately incentivizing works, and works entering the public domain. I'd argue the current balance we've struck is totally fucking broken, and gravely harming readers of all types. But, I'm open to the criticism that we would run the risk of this scheme of not adequately incentivizing certain works. I think that's good feedback.