Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by dragonwriter on Friday December 03, 2021 @02:39AM
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> Are they expecting to live 100 years from the point of writing? Till death of the author seems most sensible.
Not really; a fixed term is more sensible than life of author; why should we want to take active steps to remove the incentive to/reward for creation for creators without a long current life expectancy?
I remain convinced that a reasonable fixed “free” term that can be extended with slowly escalating annual ad valorem taxation on a declared value that also serves as an offer price for purchase into the public domain is the ideal solution here.
Not really; a fixed term is more sensible than life of author; why should we want to take active steps to remove the incentive to/reward for creation for creators without a long current life expectancy?
I remain convinced that a reasonable fixed “free” term that can be extended with slowly escalating annual ad valorem taxation on a declared value that also serves as an offer price for purchase into the public domain is the ideal solution here.