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I 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 growin
by TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
I 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.