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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022 by cma on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:55PM (#29424742)
Why should a 70 year old's same work product be worth much less than a 20 year old's? It should just be a period of time, with possibly exponentially increasing renewal fees so funds go into the common good the more the public domain is deprived.
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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022 by moffkalast on Friday December 03, 2021 @06:07AM (#29428692)
Because you can't take your work with you when you die, so it can't matter what happens to it and should be considered common good afterwards. I'd say it's actually worth more, to humanity as a whole.
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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022 by dllthomas on Friday December 03, 2021 @11:15AM (#29431614)
> so it can't matter what happens to it

Even ignoring inheritance this is wrong, because you can sell it to someone who might outlive you, and spend the proceeds while you're still alive. The amount you can sell it for is going to be much less if there is substantial risk that the property goes away soon after the sale.

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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022 by cma on Friday December 03, 2021 @05:07PM (#29436243)
Think about this in the scenerio of e.g. a publishing advance. Just means older people will get paid less, publishers will dedicate less to marketing their work, etc.
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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022 by d110af5ccf on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:18AM (#29427475)
This actually makes a lot of sense. If Disney was volunteering to pay hundreds of millions per year in additional taxes voluntarily ...
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