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John Carroll · 12-07-2010, 02:23 PM

I personally believe that legitimate companies like Amazon and Google should have an automatic script to check if a book title is already in the public domain and if it is, refuse to allow anyone to publish it in the public domain. If a small company like Smashwords can avoid publishing public domain books, the big companies should be able to as well.

Personally, I think the 50/70/however many years copyright after an artist's death is ridiculous. I think 25 years would be more than sufficient for a copyright to be valid before going into the public domain. It gives the artist's children somewhat of an inheritance, but after that, they need to make their own fortune.

12-07-2010, 02:23 PM	#155
John Carroll kookoo Posts: 1,461 Karma: 7772454 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Nook, LG4	I personally believe that legitimate companies like Amazon and Google should have an automatic script to check if a book title is already in the public domain and if it is, refuse to allow anyone to publish it in the public domain. If a small company like Smashwords can avoid publishing public domain books, the big companies should be able to as well. Personally, I think the 50/70/however many years copyright after an artist's death is ridiculous. I think 25 years would be more than sufficient for a copyright to be valid before going into the public domain. It gives the artist's children somewhat of an inheritance, but after that, they need to make their own fortune.