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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by MagnumOpus on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:21AM (#26088237)
>longer copyright is going to disproportionately be on big works owned by big holders

... which were expensive to create, generally. Remember, copyright is not intended as a "reward" or a tool for social redistribution, it is intended to incentivize creating new works.

An argument can be made that allowing the $100m movie production to pay for longer copyrights than the $1,000 amateur shoot gives the creators an incentive to run bigger budget risks, because they can monetize it better.

(I don't agree and I do think 28 years of blanket protection should be enough, but the argument is valid.)

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:53AM (#26089887)
The more incentive to go big, the more incentive for those with less money to go home and not even bother.

And big projects with big advertising budgets probably recoup their money faster than small projects.

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