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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
I'm aware of that, I just thought we were discussing what would be the ideal copyright for the future now that the face of publishing has changed due to the appearance of e-books.
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I can go with that, although I think ebooks aren't as much the big change as personal copiers--the whole concept of copyright was founded on commercially-viable copies being difficult to make. The law's had problems for half a century; it's just that digital files have pushed those problems front & center.
I like a flat number of years initial copyright, followed by an extension that requires registration. This current system of "everything is copyrighted on publication for L+70," considering that "posted on my blog" counts as "publication," is ridiculous.