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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by zozbot234 on Thursday April 02, 2020 @08:44AM (#22758293)
"Noncommercial use" can be very hard to pin down in many cases. Of course it would be good to legalize noncommercial infringement especially for "orphan" works, but this is not enough. At some point, rights should expire wrt. all uses of the work.
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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by beerandt on Thursday April 02, 2020 @09:42AM (#22758834)
Even well defined, non-commercial use exemptions would only lead to the same systematic abuses that so called non-profits (or not-for-profits) exploit today for tax purposes.

I'm not sure what the right answer is for copyright, but I think going back to a 10,12, or even 20 year time frame for protection is a better starting point. Let's get the definition of "limited (time) period" fixed before subjecting another term to misuse.

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