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I think only 5 years should be free, then maybe $100 for another 5, then exponentially increasing after that. A lot of stuff simply has no commercial value aft
by shiroiuma 3y ago
I think only 5 years should be free, then maybe $100 for another 5, then exponentially increasing after that.
A lot of stuff simply has no commercial value after 5 years. This is for software, BTW; for movies or books, different terms might make more sense.
- magicalhippo 3y agoI think that if a copyright is held by the creator, it's fine that it's longer. If it's inherited to a person then the age should be inherited as well, so the exponential fee kicks in as if the creator had lived. If it's sold or otherwise acquired by a non-person (company or similar) the exponential fee should kick in immediately. Something along those lines.
- bluGill 3y agoA lot of things take more than 5 years to create. If save all your garbage and find the notes from your rough draft that you started more than 5 years ago does that mean your work is not copyright, merrily a derivative work? Some authors write a novel in 6 weeks, but others take years to polish it.
- shiroiuma 3y ago>Some authors write a novel in 6 weeks, but others take years to polish it. I think 5 years might be too short for a novel, but regardless, the lesson here is: don't publish your work until it's ready. Copyright protection should start when it's published, not when the first word was typed. >If save all your garbage and find the notes from your rough draft that you started more than 5 years ago Maybe there should be a provision about rooting through someone's trash? This seems a rather rare edge case.