Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain
by Polylactic_acid on Thursday February 27, 2020 @08:31PM
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It makes it cost effective for content which is highly profitable. A corporation isn't going to pay to keep garbage registered at a high fee but an individual will pay to keep something that is raking in mountains of cash. Not that it really matters much because virtually everything stops bringing in any money at all by 30 years. The only things that continue to have value are names and characters.
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Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain
by mjevans on Thursday February 27, 2020 @08:37PM
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The exact names and likenesses might be preserved via Trademark as a form of consumer protection.
Meanwhile, derivative like works could still be created as long as they were clear to not confuse consumers.
Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain
by numpad0 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @10:17PM
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> A corporation isn't going to pay to keep garbage registered at a high fee
Look at patent registry
Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain
by nine_k on Thursday February 27, 2020 @10:25PM
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The fees are neither high nor increasing with time.
They are not high but in many countries they do increase with time: e.g. in Germany the maintenance fee is 70 EUR in the third and fourth years, increasing year by year to 1940 EUR in the 20th year (and 4520 EUR in the 26th year in the case of supplementary protection)
https://www.dpma.de/docs/english/formulare/allg_eng/a9510_1....