The current term in the US is like life +70 years, or something.

While 10 is arbitrary, I like it because it is much closer to balancing incentive for creativity vs stifling creativity.

I make software and data. It’s worth protecting. But I think the harm from copyright protection has been greater than the benefit.

Framing it as people who want reasonable copyright as anti-creator is so not cool and avoids discussion.

can’t IP be sold to a company that is “alive” for as long as it’s financially viable.

I always wonder when copyright runs out for artist who sold their collections to companies.

	▲	Arainach 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> I always wonder when copyright runs out for artist who sold their collections to companies. This question is straightforward to answer with a single web search, so if you "always wonder" try looking. In this case it's the creator, not the owner.
	▲	Maken 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What is "financially viable"? Just hoarding copyrighted materials and not distributing them in order to create artificial scarcity could meet that criteria.