Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ...
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @03:17PM
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> we may not watch much 1920s movies but we do watch movies from the 50s and 60s.
When you take the time value of money into account, an expectation of big amounts of revenue multiple decades out is worth very little at the time of production. And on top of that, those old movies tend to be licensed at very cheap rates, so now it's a small amount of revenue getting exponentially discounted.
Cutting copyright after a couple decades won't have a big impact on profits.
When you take the time value of money into account, an expectation of big amounts of revenue multiple decades out is worth very little at the time of production. And on top of that, those old movies tend to be licensed at very cheap rates, so now it's a small amount of revenue getting exponentially discounted.
Cutting copyright after a couple decades won't have a big impact on profits.