Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by GhettoComputers on Thursday December 02, 2021 @04:26PM
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What’s the incentive for spending any resources on creative works, or research and development? The twilight fanfic 50 shades of gray benefited from becoming its own brand as did league of legends from DOTA which was derived from warcraft, when blizzard was making a warhammer 40K game, so you’re not making a great point.
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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by hobs on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:26PM
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Having maybe less than double typical human lifetimes to exploit their work means "what's the point?"
We are in a situation where there is no incentive to create new creative works because you can just exploit a dead person's stuff that's become popular until the end of time for your audience.
Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by civilized on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:29PM
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Why would we believe that the incentive is materially different if copyright is 50 or 30 years rather than 100? The vast majority of earnings on a creative work are in the few decades immediately following release. Who is going "I won't write this book because it might make me money for only 30 years rather than 100"?
Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by throwawaycities on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:44PM
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Historically there might be just as many authors (and other artists) who’s works didn’t become popular and make money until after their death, as those that became rich and famous during their lifetime.
Of course it seems “times are a changin” and the vast majority of fame comes in the form of a viral and fleeting 15 minutes. Perhaps the law could catch up with the times, by having life imitate art and literally give copyright protection no more than 15 minutes.