> over $30 million, which seems appropriate. Appropriate to who? Maybe Disney, but not for the vast majority of people who are creating works every day. Just

> over $30 million, which seems appropriate. Appropriate to who? Maybe Disney, but not for the vast majority of people who are creating works every day. Just yesterday, we had a guy doing a Song a Day make the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6966581 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6966581. He started it in 2009. Doing very rough math, that puts his burden as: 2009: 365 x $5 * 2^5 = $58,400 2010: 365 x $5 * 2^4 = $29,200 2011: 365 x $5 * 2^3 = $14,600 2012: 365 x $5 * 2^2 = $7,300 2013: 365 x $5 * 2^1 = $3,650 TOTAL: $113,150 Even if you adjust the scheme and make the first 10 years free or change the exponent/constant, it still puts the burden on the creator. Automatic, unregistered copyrights were deliberately designed to take the friction out of creating, and I fear this would add friction instead.