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Originally Posted by bobcdy
I'd like copyrights based on the amount of time elapsed after the last publication (either paper or ebook). For example, if a book hasn't been published after about 20 years from its last publication, it would be declared public domain. Without such a time limit, the vast majority of currently copyrighted books (probably at least 95%) cannot be scanned and turned into free or cheap ebooks because of copyright problems, and will sit unavailable for anyone to read unless available from a public or private library.
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That's more or less what I thought. If a book is more than x years out of print, it should go into public Domain. Only question is: out of print where? It's might be easier to control on the German-language book market, but the English language market is bigger. And the next issue: how to verify if/since when a book is (globally) out of print.
And it does not mix well with other regulations like Life + X.