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Old 09-03-2010, 01:35 PM   #163
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Some material can take a long time to create or produce. There is always a lag between copyright and release shortening the time further. Will quality decrease because there is less time to profit? I can envision multiple movies released based on an 11yo book by different studios simultaneously. No need to purchase film rights.
Multiple points here, I'm not going to quote them individually.
  • Make the copyright from release date.
  • I would expect quality to improve. Special effects and established directors are expensive. Put a limit on the budget of individual movies and then the cheap thing is ethusiastic and innovative young directors. A good writer doesn't tend to improve his work by spending longer on it - sur he does a first draft and an edit, but he doesn't spend a decade at revision.
  • IMO - with reference to movie rights of an 11yo book - we should treat private use separately from commercial use.
  • It's pretty academic to talk about a 10 year copyright period, anyway. Realistically, we're not gonna slash copyright to 10 years and appease artists by saying "we'll increase it again if we need to". That seems like a slppery slope. We can only succeed by stating the the aim of copyright reduction, and then reducing it step by step, by 10 or 20 years at a time.

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Also, need to allow time for new media formats. "Director's Cut" and "Anniversary Edition"
I would expect the newly released material to be covered under a new copyright period.

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And it's possible media companies will increase prices to compensate for shortened protection.
Well, that's quite acceptable. Since we get liberal access to it after 10 years, the cost averages out.
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