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I would do: absolute copyright - life of the author + 21 years (too account for minor children) Derivative work would be treated like trademark after life of
by rhino369 12y ago
I would do:
absolute copyright - life of the author + 21 years (too account for minor children)
Derivative work would be treated like trademark after life of authors plus 21. You have to continuously use it in commerce. If you have the James Bond rights, you gotta still be in the business of making James Bond movies. The caveat would be it has to an identifiable brand. Like Trademark, you won't be allowed to license it readily either.
For direct copyright, I'd still banning the commercial distribution of the actual work unless the work falls out of print and is no longer widely available for purchase.
- mjevans 12y agoI would do, 30 years, in increments of 10 years. The first 10 'automatic' and registration not required. The two extensions requiring substantial (say a flat filing fee of 100 USD plus 1% per year from creation (per year) of proceeds on use/sales paid as a tax) payment, submission of a 'master copy' of the work (in the clear) and a clear and easily looked up way of determining if that work was in fact extended. Extension searches would, BTW, be free as the database of titles, authors, dates, etc would be public bibliographic information.