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> In my template for radical reform of those laws I would like it if any IP is owned by its original creator for up to twenty years from the point of first publ

> In my template for radical reform of those laws I would like it if any IP is owned by its original creator for up to twenty years from the point of first publication I’ve always said that I find it wrong that someone who dedicated their life to finding a cure for a life threatening desease is told: “You get 20 years to turn a profit, then it’s a free for all” yet if someone draws a cute mouse we say: “You get your lifetime, plus 75 years of exclusivity then it’s a gray zone case of which derivatives you own and what you can sue for” (looking at Winnie the Pooh’s red shirt). You’d think that drawings and written content would be ranked lower than literally curing life threatening deseases and saving lives, when it comes to how long we give the inventors and creators to monetize their creations.

chmod775 3y ago
> someone who dedicated their life to finding a cure Do you honestly believe that someone who spends their life looking for a cure, does it in the hopes of making lots of cash when they're 60? If you're that kind of person, there's other professions out there that will let you make bank before you're too old to enjoy it.
- ben_w 3y ago
  > Do you honestly believe that someone who spends their life looking for a cure, does it in the hopes of making lots of cash when they're 60? It isn't just the creators of the intellectual property, it's the investors. > If you're that kind of person, there's other professions out there that will let you make bank before you're too old to enjoy it. From what I hear, that applies even more strongly to the arts than to the STEMs.
  - toyg 3y ago
    I suspect the parent poster was referring to certain professions known for being older than any other one.
    - ben_w 3y ago
      That sounds like you're referring to prostitution; I don't know the economics of that, but I'd assumed chmod775 was referring to the FIRE sector.
penteract 3y ago
The laws reflect that it's much easier to tell someone "you can't watch a film" than "you can't have life-saving treatment".

chmod775 3y ago

> someone who dedicated their life to finding a cure Do you honestly believe that someone who spends their life looking for a cure, does it in the hopes of making lots of cash when they're 60? If you're that kind of person, there's other professions out there that will let you make bank before you're too old to enjoy it.

ben_w 3y ago
> Do you honestly believe that someone who spends their life looking for a cure, does it in the hopes of making lots of cash when they're 60? It isn't just the creators of the intellectual property, it's the investors. > If you're that kind of person, there's other professions out there that will let you make bank before you're too old to enjoy it. From what I hear, that applies even more strongly to the arts than to the STEMs.
- toyg 3y ago
  I suspect the parent poster was referring to certain professions known for being older than any other one.
  - ben_w 3y ago
    That sounds like you're referring to prostitution; I don't know the economics of that, but I'd assumed chmod775 was referring to the FIRE sector.

penteract 3y ago

The laws reflect that it's much easier to tell someone "you can't watch a film" than "you can't have life-saving treatment".