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

Re:Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done by tptacek on Monday January 03, 2022 @08:44PM (#29790061)

I know I'm saying this for the 50th time on this thread so I'll keep this short: it is not the case that just because only 1% of works are still throwing off cash 50 years later that a 50 year term only benefits 1% of work. The probability that any given work will be profitable 50 years from now is priced into lots of deals; that's how star-search businesses work.

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Re:Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done by cortesoft on Monday January 03, 2022 @09:23PM (#29790433)

I’d be curious on the economics for publishing… probably varies by the genre. I can’t imagine most tech publishers, for example, are banking on profits in 50 years.

Someone probably could get industry numbers for how much publishers make on copyright older than 50 years… and with the time discount for 50 years of not having the money to use for other purposes… and see how much each creator gets in the star-search lottery

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