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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by dingaling on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:55PM (#36367114)
If the IP is commercially viable then it would generate revenue to cover the fees.

If it wasn't viable then it would either never be created or would automatically enter the public domain.

Currently, if IP is not commercially viable then the author has the choice of not creating it, or creating it and releasing it under CC or just public domain. So essentially the same.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by DropInIn on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:21AM (#36367807)
A poor writer who works full time min wage to barely scrape by and writes a masterpiece will not have the funds to cover the fees while waiting to get accepted by a publisher

To assert the model isn't blatantly flawed is absurd

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by nerdbert on Saturday June 17, 2023 @12:22PM (#36371618)
It doesn't have to start until it is published or otherwise commercially exploited.
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