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victorbjorklundtoday at 9:19 AM2 repliesview on HN

Copyright isn’t just fiction novels. Copyright drives investment in books, media, software etc.


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stephen_gtoday at 10:09 AM

And still would all the same with a 20 year term instead of what we have now…

It’s so rare for any work to still be making money that long that it would hardly change the calculation.

shevy-javatoday at 9:20 AM

Not for e. g. 70 years.

I think most people are in support of some financial incentives via protection, but 70 years is just insane.