Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror
by mtmail on Sunday September 25, 2022 @01:45PM
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Those are good arguments against the length of the copyright, but not copyright itself. I assume the author got their book pirated in short time (shorter than 14 years) after release.
Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror
by yencabulator on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:19PM
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If copyright didn't always extend to cover all of Mickey Mouse's existence, would piracy be as popular?
Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror
by Peritract on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:37PM
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I don't think most piracy is early Mickey Mouse cartoons; if the argument for piracy based on copyright length was sincere, I'd expect to see almost exclusively older works pirated, but that's not what's most popular on the torrents.
Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror
by yencabulator on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:54PM
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Oh for sure the setting has evolved plenty from the early days, but that inherent conflict of resource guarding vs access is what drives a lot piracy.
Other angles on the same continuum:
- You cannot pay a reasonable amount to a single provider and expect to watch the television shows your friends talk about.
- You cannot go back and re-watch your favorite television show on a streaming service where you originally watched it, as their catalog dropped it last year.
My answer to this is that authors (and other creatives) should have a right to recoup the costs (including time) of their efforts, but currently the time period for doing so is ridiculously (too) long.
We're talking decades:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright...
In the US, the original copyright term was 14 years, and if the author was alive after the end of that there was another (optional?) 14 year extension:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law_of_th...
Later, the initial period was set to 28 years, with an optional 14 year extension.
IMHO, if one couldn't make a go of one's work after 2+ decades, then other people really should be allowed to have a kick at the can.