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Re:Writers who will be entering the public domain in 2015 in... by rgbrenner on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @02:01AM (#8791898)
And why can't they have a license that simply says: "10 years after the publication date, this work will enter the public domain"

And in countries where they do not have a concept of public domain, simply change the royalty to 0 after that period of time.

Or, simply say, after 10 years, you'll also be permitted to do x, y, z with this work (where x might be redistribution, derivatives, etc).

At least in the US, authors have the right to do this today.

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