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Re:what.cd: A Cypherpunk's Manifesto by anthk on Thursday November 10, 2022 @09:23PM (#33556599)
Copyright should last at most 25 years. Enough to exploit it commercially in a lifetime.
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Re:what.cd: A Cypherpunk's Manifesto by mojzu on Friday November 11, 2022 @05:32AM (#33559049)
I quite like the idea of a ratcheting mechanism, something like copyright for a few years is free, then the creator must pay an increasing amount of money to extend it every X years up to a maximum of the creators lifetime
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Re:what.cd: A Cypherpunk's Manifesto by anthk on Friday November 11, 2022 @09:36AM (#33561295)
That would be hell for small companies and heaven for Disney. They could buy everything.
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