Re:Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge R...
by dragonwriter on Friday December 27, 2013 @06:09PM
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> Why bother with exponentially increasing costs? Even a token fee would ensure that copyright expires on abandoned/orphaned works.
A token fee would do that for abandoned works, but it wouldn't do it for works which weren't being actively used but which the owner also didn't want others to use -- an escalating fee would be better than a token fee to discourage such buried works.
A token fee would do that for abandoned works, but it wouldn't do it for works which weren't being actively used but which the owner also didn't want others to use -- an escalating fee would be better than a token fee to discourage such buried works.