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Originally Posted by HarryT
So, from a practical perspective, what do you think should be done about it? You've said that you're unhappy that a small number of publishers monopolise the publishing industry. Do you think that it's feasible, in the existing legal framework, to tear up all the publishing contracts and give anyone a right to publish any book that they choose?
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I see. So now we've gone from nit-picking to telling me that I should immediately offer a fully workable alternative system that everyone will agree with.
Personally, I was hoping we could all just bask in the awareness that there was something wrong first, but I guess I'm only allowed to suggest that if I already have a plan.
Still, considering how unimportant the lives of individuals are deemed to be by governments, (See the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis that have died since the US/UK decided to do a little social experiment in the Middle East to see if they could create a democracy there) I propose we limit copyright to 10 years, and for books that have made <200.000$ by then, an extension of another 10 years. Everything else -> PD.
Should be fun to see if literary output increases because writers suddenly have an incentive to keep churning out new works.