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Originally Posted by stonetools
Well I do find it absurd that stuff published before the start of WW2 is still under copyright. But I think artists should be allowed to be financially secure for their lifetimes for creations they have authored. I would go with 70 years or the life of author plus 20, whichever comes later. And no extensions, unless for reasons of national security.
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Stonetools, that's the problem with copyright as we currently know it. It's too powerful and too long.
And it isn't going to change!!! Too much money buying too many politicians! You can't successfully argue for copyright without arguing for the current corrupt system. It isn't the people demanding more and more copyright, it's immortal corporations demanding it, and they have enough resources to get it!
You show me a actual
shortening of copyright, and we can talk about enforcement. But you will never get it, short of a revolution.
Study the difference between copyright and patent, in length, and
why the lengths are different. Then you may grasp why so many people hold copyright in contempt.
(Oh, by the way, most scientists
pay thousands of dollars just to get their papers published. It's fact, look it up.)