Comment on If copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea?
vsg@lemmy.world 6 hours agoSteamboat Willie was released almost a hundred years ago but only got into public domain last year. 95 years of copyright is overkill.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
10 years plus an option for a 10 year extension is plenty.
Copyright should only apply to other individuals and companies trying to collect income (not just profit, making any money) from copying as well. The whole original idea about protecting the creator from being easily copied was a decent idea, and really only makes sense as useful to society in that context.
And yes, I am in favor of every work of art being in the public domain within two decades. That is plenty of time to benefit from exclusivity, they can create additional art or do some kind of promotional work or something else to keep making money off the fact that they created something that deserved to be exclusive.