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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by anikom15 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @05:42PM (#33087422)
Copyright is a right. Having to pay for it sounds absurd.

I have a much simpler solution: copyright terms are fourteen years from date of publication. There are no extensions.

It could even be a lot shorter nowadays. Nearly all media gets nearly all of its profit in the first year. A lot of commercial software goes out of date in a few months rather than yearly releases.

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by Schroedingersat on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:50PM (#33089490)
> Copyright is a right. Having to pay for it sounds absurd.

It really isn't. It's a temporary privilege of state enforced monopoly.

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