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If the goal is to get new stories, a short period of copyright is magnitudes better than copyrights lasting for lifetimes. OPs system allows people to copyright
by mitchdoogle 3y ago
If the goal is to get new stories, a short period of copyright is magnitudes better than copyrights lasting for lifetimes. OPs system allows people to copyright their work for free for 5 years, which is when most works will be most profitable anyway
- EatingWithForks 3y agoAuthors generally don't build their careers by publishing books in 5 year periods. They generally build a body of work over decades whose residuals keep them alive in hungry/lean years. You also run into issues e.g. The Last Unicorn's author whose rights were taken from him because of elder abuse! Once he gets them back he gets nothing? That sucks.