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None. Copyright should just be abolished. |
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5 | 3.97% |
Perpetual. Copyright should never expire. |
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0 | 0% |
Some fixed length from first publication. |
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22 | 17.46% |
Some fixed length, renewable a limited number of times. |
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20 | 15.87% |
Some fixed length, renewable indefinitely. |
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5 | 3.97% |
The lifetime of the author only. |
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21 | 16.67% |
The lifetime of the author, plus a number of years. |
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28 | 22.22% |
The lifetime of the author, plus a number of years renewable a limited number of times. |
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4 | 3.17% |
The lifetime of the author, plus a number of years renewable indefinitely. |
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1 | 0.79% |
Some fixed length, or the lifetime of the author, whichever is longer. |
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10 | 7.94% |
Some fixed length, or the lifetime of the author plus a number of years, whichever is longer. |
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7 | 5.56% |
The Blue One next to the Fish. |
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3 | 2.38% |
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I think life +50 should be a standard worldwide myself. People are used to it and it works well.
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I personally do not see why the copyright on books should be much longer than patent protection, for which usually a lot more needs to be invested, so 25 years after publishing should be reasonable.
The much longer existing periods are mainly a lobby success of publishing industry. Rarely helps the author, who sells it off when he signs the contract. |
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A yearly registration fee to prove the work hasn't been lost and forgotten. $10 should be enough to cover the paperwork involved.
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ETA: Ham radio has a system that requires affirmative renewal of your license periodically but no fee (unless you want a vanity call sign) and seems to work adequately. Last edited by ApK; 04-09-2020 at 11:51 AM. |
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How about instead of life + 50, make it the actuarial lifespan of the author + 50.
Actuarial lifespan = the average life span of people at the age of the author at the time of publication. Life insurance use this number all the time for policy calculations. Example. Author X publishes a book at age 40. The actuarial life span of 40 year olds at that time is (say) 80 years. Copyright is then 80-40 = 40 years + 50 years, even if the author dies the next year. |
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life+50 is a known quantity. |
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Aren't many copyrights signed over to some publisher, and no longer owned by the author? I would say if a publisher holds the copyright, or any third party not the author, then it should expire very quickly. It the author retains the copyright, it could go for longer. But not TOO long.
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