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> The original US copyright lasted for 14 years, and could be renewed for another 14 years, but only by the creator (not by the publisher). I wish we would go
by thayne 11mo ago
> The original US copyright lasted for 14 years, and could be renewed for another 14 years, but only by the creator (not by the publisher).
I wish we would go back to that.
- aidenn0 11mo agoYes, I always preferred the short term with renewals; I didn't realize that it used to be the creator not the publisher. I wonder how that would interact with the current "work fore hire" laws that exist.
- thayne 11mo ago> I wonder how that would interact with the current "work fore hire" laws that exist. The simplest interaction would be "it's practically impossible to renew copyright on something created by a large number of employees", but IMO, that's not a bad thing.