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BriggyDwiggs42 a day ago

Ip rights should just end after a relatively quick slice of time. You made your money off it, now it’s time to pass it on to the public. A payment model just ensures the only entities who can hold ip long term are corporations.

jeffreyrogers a day ago | parent | next [-]

That's how it was originally but over time the terms have been extended (largely due to advocacy from organizations that own large catalogs of copyrighted material). It's now tied to the life of the creator rather than the time since creation or publication.

BriggyDwiggs42 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Yep. It needs to be restored or even shortened beyond the original window.

RajT88 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

IIRC, early copyright (say, during Mozart's time) required royalties to only be paid out for the first performance of a work.

And that is why some of these composers were so prolific - to keep up their payday, they had to crank out music instead of collecting on royalties of performances they were directly involved with.

Unthinkable today, really.

theptip a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is the simple solution. 10 years seems fine to me, 20 years at a stretch.

The current regime is a clear case of regulatory capture.

mmcgaha a day ago | parent | prev [-]

So musicians should not be compensated when their old songs play on the radio? You made your money in 1974 now move along while my company exploits your work for free.

BriggyDwiggs42 a day ago | parent [-]

Nope, guess not