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I saw a comment on a similar thread about a month ago suggesting a recurring annual cost for renewing copyright. The formula for the cost would be similar to 2^
by warfangle 15y ago
I saw a comment on a similar thread about a month ago suggesting a recurring annual cost for renewing copyright. The formula for the cost would be similar to 2^n-1, where n is the number of years the work has been under copyright.
This would allow popular and profitable works to stay under copyright longer, while allowing less profitable works to enter the public domain sooner.
- WalterBright 15y agoIt would also allow orphaned works (works where the copyright owner cannot be identified or located) to slip into the public domain.
- kijin 15y agoOne problem with requiring people to renew their copyright is that a lot of people will simply forget. There are people who produce hundreds of little pieces every year, each of which generates little revenue on its own. Should they renew their copyright on each and every work at the end of every year? Currently, their works are automatically copyrighted, even if they don't put up a copyright notice. I think you should wait X years (where X is around 10-20) before that formula kicks in.
- warfangle 15y agoI'd be amenable to that.