I'd rather give it to individuals than corporations at least. It's useful as a lever to protect the weak from the powerful. Perhaps it should simply not be transferable? Another alternative would be for its power to weaken over time in some way.

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kolinko an hour ago | parent [-]

Then you will prevent corporations from paying authors to create work altogether.

	▲	r-w an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You don't think they would still pay them for the right to publish, if not ownership of the copyright itself?
	▲	exe34 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They can still sell the stuff for 10-20 years and make a huge profit. They just can't use it for multi-generational runaway growth.