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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8655701" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>Maybe not yet, but soon. I don't know what copyright duration is the best for benefiting the creation of Stuff, but I think people in their middle age should be able to make stuff based on the things they enjoyed as a child or teen. So maybe 30 years or so, and there should be significantly stronger protections for fair use. For example, Wikimedia Sweden was sued by a collection society on behalf of people making public art (statues, architecture, etc.) because of a database showing these things, and lost. This, to me, is nonsense. A picture of a statue is not the same as the statue, and should not be protected by copyright. Neither should someone making a movie where someone is in a newspaper store have to license all the covers in the store. Reaction videos should be protected as well.</p><p></p><p>In my ideal world, this would not be the first step. Current creators have made economic decisions based on current circumstances, so any changes need to be cushioned somehow. But as a matter of principle, I don't see why someone should be able to continually make money from things they did decades ago. Write more books, make more records, shoot more movies. Or get a more traditional job.</p><p></p><p>Yes, but what is good for the goose should be good for the gander. Disney has made movies based on culturally relevant works made by others, so others should be able to make Stuff based on Disney's culturally relevant stuff. </p><p></p><p>When the Jungle Book was released, the work it was based on was a little over 70 years old. I think 70 is still far too long, maybe it should be about half that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8655701, member: 907"] Maybe not yet, but soon. I don't know what copyright duration is the best for benefiting the creation of Stuff, but I think people in their middle age should be able to make stuff based on the things they enjoyed as a child or teen. So maybe 30 years or so, and there should be significantly stronger protections for fair use. For example, Wikimedia Sweden was sued by a collection society on behalf of people making public art (statues, architecture, etc.) because of a database showing these things, and lost. This, to me, is nonsense. A picture of a statue is not the same as the statue, and should not be protected by copyright. Neither should someone making a movie where someone is in a newspaper store have to license all the covers in the store. Reaction videos should be protected as well. In my ideal world, this would not be the first step. Current creators have made economic decisions based on current circumstances, so any changes need to be cushioned somehow. But as a matter of principle, I don't see why someone should be able to continually make money from things they did decades ago. Write more books, make more records, shoot more movies. Or get a more traditional job. Yes, but what is good for the goose should be good for the gander. Disney has made movies based on culturally relevant works made by others, so others should be able to make Stuff based on Disney's culturally relevant stuff. When the Jungle Book was released, the work it was based on was a little over 70 years old. I think 70 is still far too long, maybe it should be about half that. [/QUOTE]
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