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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by ww520 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:53PM (#34073975)
Yes. The copyright duration needs to be shorten.

To grandfather in the existing copyrights, any new ones will have one year shortened every year until the 20 year mark reached. Then all copyright work have 20 years. That's it.

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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by alwayslikethis on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:13PM (#34074190)
Interesting effect of this is that it would release a truly massive amount of previously copyrighted work in a short timespan. Assuming this takes effect next year, some time in 2073, all copyrighted material created between this year and 2053 will be in the public domain.
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