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Re:The US copyright office has struck down a major effort fo... by AlienRobot on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:33PM (#42260001)
Okay so say I write a book. And I go to a publisher and show them the book I wrote.

What is the name of the law that prevents the publisher from kicking me out of the building, printing the book I wrote, and making money off it?

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Re:The US copyright office has struck down a major effort fo... by drewbeck on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:41PM (#42260073)
Nobody is suggesting throwing out all copyright protections.
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Re:The US copyright office has struck down a major effort fo... by AlienRobot on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:54PM (#42260189)
But someone IS suggesting that people lose copyright protections over some of their works, and eventually all of them when they don't have 10 thousand dollars to pay to keep their rights per work after just 20 years.
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Re:The US copyright office has struck down a major effort fo... by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:58PM (#42260226)
In your analogy with this context, the publishing company can’t print the book for ten years after being approached by the author.
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Re:The US copyright office has struck down a major effort fo... by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:40PM (#42260059)
That would be copyright law. Is this a deliberate misinterpretation of my request, or do I need to make GP clearer?
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Re:The US copyright office has struck down a major effort fo... by AlienRobot on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:48PM (#42260142)
Your request is that I find you someone who has benefited from a law that makes entire professions viable?

Does this help? https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/

Or do you want a list of movie directors? Perhaps of authors of assets in asset stores for game development? Comic artists?

Do you want a Spotify playlist?

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