Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022
by necovek on Friday December 03, 2021 @04:13AM
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I believe registration would be an unnecessary burden for smaller publishers (eg. I write something, I want some protection for it).
I like your idea of "renewal", and it might make sense to equate the patent term with copyright term: 15 years (maybe 10 years?) after publication (there's a bunch of edge-cases already covered by copyright law since "publication" can be way off from "creation", but one would certainly have to tread carefully).
After those initial 10-15 years expire, unless you register and renew, work moves into public domain. There should be financial incentive to not renew (iow, it should be expensive and perhaps proportional to the term and revenue from works), and I can't see why should anyone benefit from copy-protection past their lifetime. Perhaps even a shorter cap.
I like your idea of "renewal", and it might make sense to equate the patent term with copyright term: 15 years (maybe 10 years?) after publication (there's a bunch of edge-cases already covered by copyright law since "publication" can be way off from "creation", but one would certainly have to tread carefully).
After those initial 10-15 years expire, unless you register and renew, work moves into public domain. There should be financial incentive to not renew (iow, it should be expensive and perhaps proportional to the term and revenue from works), and I can't see why should anyone benefit from copy-protection past their lifetime. Perhaps even a shorter cap.