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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by handrous on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @01:36PM (#29476405)
I'd be happy with it being short enough that middle-aged creatives could build on material from their childhood, and old ones, from their middle-age. Say, 20 years. People should, at least, have full ownership of a good portion of their contemporary culture.
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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by Gibbon1 on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @02:17PM (#29476951)
Friend that's an IP lawyer had a rant that copyright law is applied for things it has no business being applied to. The law is built around single author books and sheet music. Where the authors lifetime output is small. And commercially valuable work smaller still. Not appropriate for things like ad copy, manuals, and software.

It needs an overhaul. But the current system heavily favors entrenched interests so won't happen.

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