Comment on If copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoSo a system that removes all the power from individual authors and puts it firmly in the hands of big corporations with deepest pockets? Nah.
Steve@communick.news 3 weeks ago
How’s it do that?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Because authors will run out of renewal money much quicker than conglomerates.
Steve@communick.news 3 weeks ago
Not when they’re profiting off the copyrighted work.
Regardless of being owned by a person or corp. A specific copyright will reach a point where it’s not bringing in enough money to justify the expense of renewal. Corps aren’t in the habit of holding onto things that aren’t profitable. People tend to do so longer than corps.