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Yep. Personally I’m generally in favour of copyright as it was originally drafted: only valid for 7 years, with an optional extension to 14. I’m all for creati
by josephg 2y ago
Yep. Personally I’m generally in favour of copyright as it was originally drafted: only valid for 7 years, with an optional extension to 14.
I’m all for creative people making a living from their work, but 40 years copyright is too long. To say nothing of the absurd rules today of 70 years after the death of the author or whatever it is.
- aidenn0 2y agoMy example is Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty. Had today's copyright regime been in force, Tchaikovsky's 1890 ballet would have still been under copyright, so Disney couldn't have made it.
- mr_toad 2y agoIf you could patent pulling up the ladder after you, Disney would hold that patent.
- Yeul 2y agoAlso a lot of history books were funded by government money or NGOs. Which is understandable considering that it may very well take years of research to write one.