that told us that if Shakespeare had lived in our age of rampant copyright infringement, he wouldn't have been able to base his plays on recent... oh wait.
If the reduction doesn't apply retrospectively then it won't be much of a fix - the benefits won't start appearing until the 2060s.
And if registration is required then the benefits will be limited. Sure, it'll free up forgotten works a little quicker, but the corporations and estates will just reregister the profitable works.
And in any case, life plus 50 is still an order of magnitude too long.
This is the same NYT
that told us that if Shakespeare had lived in our age of rampant copyright infringement, he wouldn't have been able to base his plays on recent... oh wait.
Next they'll claim that using free/open-source software is "unfair competition"...
Oh wait, they already did - the 301 watchlist.
Re: Re: Wait a second...
If the reduction doesn't apply retrospectively then it won't be much of a fix - the benefits won't start appearing until the 2060s.
And if registration is required then the benefits will be limited. Sure, it'll free up forgotten works a little quicker, but the corporations and estates will just reregister the profitable works.
And in any case, life plus 50 is still an order of magnitude too long.
He should be careful what he wishes for...
(Back when I was a kid) I bought most of the Horrible History series after borrowing a couple from the library. Wouldn't have heard of them otherwise.
Monopoly revenues != value added
"The most recent data finds copyright industries outpacing aircraft, auto, food, and pharmaceuticals in sales and exports."
Read, the copyright industry is sucking more monopoly rents out of productive sectors of the economy than ever before.
New aircraft and cars add new value to the economy. Decades-old Nashville songs add no new value, whether heard in Japan or elsewhere.