Re:Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection f...
by tzs on Thursday September 20, 2018 @12:43AM
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> To play devil's advocate, why should people continue to be compensated for work they did long ago?
We often don't know which songs are worth millions and which are worth tens until years later.
If we believe that people who write songs should be compensated roughly proportionally to how valuable their songs are, it is hard to think of a way to actually do that which does not involve compensation long after the song is written.
We often don't know which songs are worth millions and which are worth tens until years later.
If we believe that people who write songs should be compensated roughly proportionally to how valuable their songs are, it is hard to think of a way to actually do that which does not involve compensation long after the song is written.