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> * or ... it allows the to maintain a monopoly on knowledge and be able to profit off it.* The length of modern copyright terms is absurd and harmful. The US
by tbrownaw 3y ago
> * or ... it allows the to maintain a monopoly on knowledge and be able to profit off it.*
The length of modern copyright terms is absurd and harmful.
The USA started with 14 (plus optionally another 14) which was better.
Last I checked - quite a few year ago - I think there were academic papers calculating that an "optimal" copyright term is probably around 10-14 years.