Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ...
by criddell on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:49AM
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> some songs cost millions to produce
Nobody is investing millions in a song that they think could take 95 years to earn enough to justify the investment.
Copyright is there to incentivize creating new works. If the copyright was shortened to max(life of the artist, 50 years), how many artists do you think would stop creating?
Frankly, there's an argument to be made that shortening the length of copyright to 25 years would encourage more new works simply because you can rest an your laurels.
Nobody is investing millions in a song that they think could take 95 years to earn enough to justify the investment.
Copyright is there to incentivize creating new works. If the copyright was shortened to max(life of the artist, 50 years), how many artists do you think would stop creating?
Frankly, there's an argument to be made that shortening the length of copyright to 25 years would encourage more new works simply because you can rest an your laurels.