Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by myrmidon on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @05:31AM
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> Everyone who claims 20 years is more than enough is looking at highly successful works.
I would argue the opposite: that for non-bestsellers, income after 20 years is completely negligible. NO one is buying 2nd rate fiction 20 years after it was first published, only bestsellers will still sell a significant fraction after that long.
I also don't see how potential income 20 years later could ever effectively motivate or enable a person...
I would argue the opposite: that for non-bestsellers, income after 20 years is completely negligible. NO one is buying 2nd rate fiction 20 years after it was first published, only bestsellers will still sell a significant fraction after that long.
I also don't see how potential income 20 years later could ever effectively motivate or enable a person...