Re:Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done
by dragonwriter on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:18PM
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> This encourages killing off an author with a hitman so you can swoop in and steal extremely valuable intellectual property.
No, because the property rights ceasing to exist means that there is nothing to steal. You can use what would have been exclusive under them, but so can anyone else. Property rights aren't the right to use but the right to exclude; without the right to exclude, there is no property.
(I do think taking the author’s life into account is a dumb idea, just not for that reason.)
No, because the property rights ceasing to exist means that there is nothing to steal. You can use what would have been exclusive under them, but so can anyone else. Property rights aren't the right to use but the right to exclude; without the right to exclude, there is no property.
(I do think taking the author’s life into account is a dumb idea, just not for that reason.)