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I think capping copyright at 20 years would do wonders. After 20 years everyone's gotten paid and can move onto other projects. I can never imagine this happe
by 999900000999 2y ago
I think capping copyright at 20 years would do wonders.
After 20 years everyone's gotten paid and can move onto other projects.
I can never imagine this happening though. It's too profitable to keep milking the rare hit IP for decades. For example, Harry Potter has already made JK Rolling a billionaire. She'd be fine if the books went public domain.
So many works will be lost since they're no longer available legally. All that artistic effort, gone.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> capping copyright at 20 years would do wonders You’d probably have to grandfather in copyrights made before the law went into effect. Too much money tied up in the long-tail of prior works.
- 999900000999 2y agoOf course you'd grandfather in older works. But it's a moot point, in most places money is more important than access to art. I can't imagine such a law ever being passed. The tragedy here is so much will simply disappear. Original publisher doesn't want to do a re-issue, how will you access it in 30 years?
- triceratops 2y agoI assume you'd start archiving right now when it's available. In 20 years it'll be public domain and freely accessible.