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Ramen · 07-12-2008, 11:35 AM

Motivation of copyright: Produce more works / Make the profession feasible for income

With this, I think (avg. time for a new work) * x would be a good choice. I do not like "death" + y because early works violate the above. Likewise, death + y or z is equally unfit because the longer one is chosen which again gives lifetime copyright for early works.

For avg. time for a new work, I took 5 years. As x I chose 3, so I took the poll option 15yrs. I do not know if this is enough time selling books to make enough profit but the reasoning is clear and I'm not fixed on a specific length, just the formula.

07-12-2008, 11:35 AM	#33
Ramen Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 800 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Switzerland Device: Kindle 3, BeBook	Motivation of copyright: Produce more works / Make the profession feasible for income With this, I think (avg. time for a new work) * x would be a good choice. I do not like "death" + y because early works violate the above. Likewise, death + y or z is equally unfit because the longer one is chosen which again gives lifetime copyright for early works. For avg. time for a new work, I took 5 years. As x I chose 3, so I took the poll option 15yrs. I do not know if this is enough time selling books to make enough profit but the reasoning is clear and I'm not fixed on a specific length, just the formula.