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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022 by khafra on Friday December 03, 2021 @03:28PM (#29434923)
The “initial duration X free” I mentioned solves all these problems without producing very onerous complications. Even if it didn’t, a small creator could get immediate cash infusions simply by pricing his newly created characters at a large multiple of what he thinks he could make off them—that way, Disney’s buyout is a providential windfall instead of legal thievery.

I think you’re undercounting the benefits and overcounting the side effects of incentive compatible mechanisms!

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Re:What will enter the public domain in 2022 by dahfizz on Saturday December 04, 2021 @12:14AM (#29438869)
> The “initial duration X free” I mentioned solves all these problems without producing very onerous complications.

I guess that depends on how you define it. All the marvel characters and stories have existed for decades. The only thing new about the movies are the movies themselves

> a small creator could get immediate cash infusions simply by pricing his newly created characters at a large multiple of what he thinks he could make off them—that way, Disney’s buyout is a providential windfall instead of legal thievery.

Yeah, and run the risk of bankrupting themselves from the tax bill in the process.

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