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But in a previous discussion on copyright, I also make the point that a 'normal' working life is 35-45 years before retirement - therefore copyright should be of the same length of time.... Current copyright terms may have nothing to do with making a living, but nonetheless for many artists that is the only way they can live.... |
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Making copyright period shorter would certainly change conditions, make some authors currently making a living out of it stop writing, but at the same time possibly make some authors who no longer needed to write start writing again. Which authors the society wants more? Using some idealized model of author who can make a living only by writing and selling their works is too simple a model and can lead to very false conclusions. As is assumming that all that average author wants to do with his income is to leave it to his children. |
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The original author might not have interest in releasing an illustrated version, or might not have the skill to translate it, or might not think a big enough market exists to bother with the conversion to DVD. Shorter copyright lengths aren't so much designed to nudge authors & other creators into making more as they're designed to encourage the use of those works to enrich the public culture. The public domain is how we prevent greed or apathy from stopping cultural growth. |
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If you don't think children should get anything, then you should be arguing for a 100% inheritance tax. And copyrights are just a small portion of that problem; you have bigger fish to fry.
If you think children should get something, then you have to treat copyrights fairly the same way you treat the income from any other assets after death like stocks, annuities, property, ownership of businesses, etc. So those who continually bring up the notion that children don't deserve anything from inherited copyrights are only derailing the discussion. |
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Is the average book even in print for that long? Copyright should be long enough that the author has made enough money off of it to have made it worth writing. How long does a typical book generate revenue for? I would assume it's much shorter than the "working life" of the author, except for rare exceptions.
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There's a big difference between saying children should inherit money that their parents already made, versus saying that children should retain a monopoly on their parent's coyrights.
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I've always liked the idea of life or 25 (whichever is longer) maybe with a one-time 5-year extension option with a fee if the work is still in print. I'm fine with it lasting past death to benefit the estate. I just don't see "life+" as being necessary or good for society.
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