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Originally Posted by petrucci
One danger in limiting the term of copyrights is that when a work falls out of copyright its value drops, as a fee no longer must be paid to the copyright holder. Over time it can become increasingly difficult to reap financial rewards from creating a new work, as you have to compete with centuries of masterpieces.
In the TV industry, when old shows became more available, they opted to make lots of cheap reality junk. The music industry has done this for years.
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Then create something better. People keep reading new books and keep watching new movies. Romance novels still sell well despite Jane Austen's books being available for free. Arguably, Jane Austen's books are books are better, but new stuff still sells quite well.
Old TV shows have nothing to do with reality TV. Reality TV is popular because it is cheap to make. Network TV doesn't run old episodes of TV shows. Those old episodes tend to air on fringe stations or at hours with poor ratings.