I'll definitely agree copyright law has been perverted from it's initial intention "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries".
Originally a 14 year period, it's been extended to over 5 times that length of time, effectively locking away culture for entire human lifetimes. It makes sense to reward creators with a brief period to profit from their creations, this is an incentive to create and release things. But eventually it must be released back to the culture from which it came for everyone's benefit.
Imagine if everything from 2010 entered the public domain this year, instead of works from 1929.
Ryan
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2025-04-12 02:41:45
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