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Preservation is a good thing (media.piefed.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 7 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

I mean, copyright was supposed to be limited to 20 years, same as patents. I don't think we would need anything else if we went back to that. There is no reason for copyright to last about a century like it does now.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Then how would Disney make money if they didnt continue being able to sell 70 year old movies at full price???? Stop being such a greedy asshole Dreamlsnd!!!! Disney needs to make a reasonable income, and public domain was always a silly idea.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    I think lifetime of original creator is fine. I wrote my first manga in 2010 (it's crap but still), I don't think that it should stop being mine in 4 years.

    I heard that lifetime + 80 was to stop someone murdering a popular author and, assuming they got away with it, then publishing that work for their own profit. But I don't know if that's true.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    That is solved with different degrees of copyright. If done right, the author's works will never stop being theirs, but people will be able to make fanfiction without fear of a bloodthirsty copyright lawyer biting at their necks. They'd just have to clearly indicate it's fanfic, and the original author could get a cut of any earnings past a threshold.

    Create a great work that inspires another great work; both authors benefit.

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