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Force them to, after let's say 28 years of copyright, to pay an ever increasing percentage of the revenue they earn from the characters as a tax to keep them ou
by quink 13y ago
Force them to, after let's say 28 years of copyright, to pay an ever increasing percentage of the revenue they earn from the characters as a tax to keep them out of the public domain.
35-50 years of extra copyright = 30% of revenue.
50-70 years of extra copyright = 65% of revenue.
70-100 years of extra copyright = 90% of revenue.
100+ years of extra copyright = 200% of revenue.
And so on. Just need to administer this scheme, which would be a logistical impossibility. Yay.
- beagle3 13y ago> Just need to administer this scheme, which would be a logistical impossibility. Yay. Actually, ridiculously easy to administer: The enforcement you get depends on your reporting (and tax paid). If you claim to have made $x in a given year, you cannot sue any one individual for more than $x loss in that year. So, if Disney properly reports - it is administered. If Disney under reports - they let infringers off the (full) hook. If they do a Hollywood Accounting and claim loss every year - well, then, they can't sue any infringer for it. The only thing giving them any standing is copyright law. Just tie it to taxation, and all will be well.