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Yawn. Stuff from the 1920s is only now entering the public domain. Argument doesn't stand when copyright is extended to such absurd lengths.
by raspyberr 3y ago
Yawn. Stuff from the 1920s is only now entering the public domain. Argument doesn't stand when copyright is extended to such absurd lengths.
- TheAceOfHearts 3y agoI think that the stuff with which you grew up should enter the public domain around the time you're an adult. Anything you were watching or reading while growing up is a key part of your culture, and I don't think it's reasonable for it to be kept in the hands of a few people. For me the proper range should probably be around 20 to 30 years, but I'd be willing to entertain special restrictions in certain conditions. Beyond that, I think that we don't do enough for the sake of preservation. I think for software to have full copyright protections it should be required to preserve a copy of the source code in the library of congress. And any library or tool licensing from the era should be restricted to the same duration as the copyright.
- raspyberr 3y agoI would lean towards 10 years but only because leaning towards an extreme number would probably result in a reasonable number like 20/30/40 anyway. The only part of copyright that I haven't convinced myself of is whether being able to pass "ownership" of ideas down to your children is something that should be important or not.
- bumby 3y agoI don't disagree with this. The process of copyright law can be corrupted, but it doesn't negate the validity of intellectual property rights. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.