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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
That said, it is arguable that digital copies will, in fact, outlast paper. Paper is an extremely stable medium, especially when made from the right materials (e.g. acid-free paper). It is unclear what will happen to the exabytes of data that will need to be migrated constantly in the future, lest it be lost.
...that is not how copyright works, and by now you should know it...
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I'm more interested in how copyright will work.
How about this, copyright only holds for the format that the work was originally copied into?
Sounds reasonable to me.
Maybe add an additional formats copied into within the creators lifetime concession?
To be sure the above are just quick examples.
Example:
I am in the process of converting copyrighted works from paper to digital. Or I am simply converting from one digital format to another. What is the nature of my work, the data surrounding the text, which allows it to be read by a digital reader? Does this work fall within the original copyright or is it within its own newer copyright?
