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Re:Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection f... by wahern on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @10:41PM (#18029359)
If copyright only lasted 10 years would you take those prints down before expiration? There wouldn't be sufficient value in building name recognition?

Note that if copyright only lasted 10 years you could take them down but somebody else could simply republish them. The real question is, with only a 10 year copyright would you take and publish fewer photographs overall?

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Re:Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection f... by shagie on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:19AM (#18032185)
As a not professional photographer, I wouldn’t even put them up in the first place. I do photography for myself for my enjoyment.

If the copyright protection expired in 10 years, releasing them at all would be allowing someone else to monetize them in a few years.

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