Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done

Re:Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done by KeepFlying on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:44PM (#29788725)

If I published my own copy of a public domain work I'm not diverting the income stream away from the original creator's estate. Yes I'd be taking some income from it, but the descendants of the author are equally able to do the same. Framing it as of I'd be totally diverting income from the creator is disingenuous.

Besides, I'd still be providing value by taking the time to publish the work and provide it to customers.

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Re:Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done by dahart on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:53PM (#29788844)

I wasn’t talking about taking copies from the public domain, it is you who’s being disingenuous. If I’m alive and I make something people pay for, why should you ever have the right to make and distribute copies of my work without paying me for it? Turn the “me” and “you” around and assume you created the work, and tell me why I should be able to profit from your work, how that is “providing value”?

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