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This is such an edge case that it makes me think that maybe copyright isn’t the solution that grandma needs. And by their proposal, the first couple extensions
by californical 3y ago
This is such an edge case that it makes me think that maybe copyright isn’t the solution that grandma needs.
And by their proposal, the first couple extensions would be extremely cheap. It could be a simple form on some copyright.gov website to register your work.
- EatingWithForks 3y agoThe edge case is actually quite common-- many authors mostly survive off their entire body of work, not just the works published recently. This was an issue in e.g. Disney, who refused to pay royalties to Star Wars books published many many years ago because they claimed to have purchased assets but not liabilities. One of the authors who was suing for royalties needed the money for cancer treatments. Bad look. 5k/work is not cheap. That's how much publishers may pay for a book. 15k/work is prohibitively expensive for books.
- account42 3y ago> One of the authors who was suing for royalties needed the money for cancer treatments. Ok but what if the author had not written a successful book but still needed money for cancer treatment. Maybe we should handle social security and healthcare separately from copyright.
- zchrykng 3y agoSo you want to fix two hugely complicate systems where any change is hard at the same time? Good luck!