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Of course, some people here think Mozart's work should still be under copyright.... |
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My opinion (and it is only an opinion), is many who decry copyright seek to benefit from using or obtaining at no cost, currently popular works, and if copyright was lowered to 50 years the demands would be for 25, then 10 etc. And if most of the successful writers of the last century managed under the restrictions without the world falling into cultural poverty, why can't those of today? It's not like everybody is using Shakespeare or Dickens etc. as a springboard even though they can. Helen |
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At this point, and for this thread, a discussion about copyright length would just be tedious. And anyway, there's virtually no chance of copyright (particularly in the U.S.) being lowered; copyright length in the U.S. has tended to move in only one direction, and that's up. |
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In the US up until 1977 authors had a maximum fixed term of 56 years from publication to benefit from their work before copyright expired. In the UK until 1911, they had the maximum of 42 years from publication or life+7 years (whichever was longer). The complaint about current copyright law is that the copyright term has been greatly extended, but that this has not been of any benefit to the actual creators of the works, but has been of considerable harm to everyone else except some copyright holders. |
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No, not "everybody" is using Shakespeare, Dickens, Austin, or dozens of other writers from other time periods, but even a non-trivial amount of people doing so is worth the effort. The widespread use of fiction worlds for fan-fiction are further proof that writers of every age and talent level are interested in using other works as a starting point for further writing, be it practice or serious publishing efforts - both beneficial to mass culture in the long run. Last edited by hardcastle; 01-05-2014 at 08:48 AM. |
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From Baen...a short, albeit excellent contribution to the conversation.
Many here are probably already familiar. |
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If you want to hear the actual man himself speak there is a video of an interview he gave in which he talks about Sherlock Holmes among other things.
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Copyright laws (like all laws) should always be about the public interest, not providing a secure income for a small subsection of society. Unfortunately, in many cases that's precisely what modern laws, especially in the US, are all about. |
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It is very hard to say what will happen. That is also why I do not think that the argument that Shakespear and Dickens wrote for money is a good argument. Maybe they would have produced much better things if they did not have to write for money. |
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