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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8660280" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>The branch of creativity it really limits (or limits the potential returns on) is - I guess a term for it would be "additive" creativity, where someone takes existing material and uses it as a basis on which to add new material; material which may or may not be better than what the copyright holders could or did ever produce.</p><p></p><p>For example, were I to hypothetically come up with a half-decent script for a James Bond movie I wouldn't be able to just make the movie and release it. Instead, my only option would be to try to sell the script to whoever owns the Bond franchise these days, and if they declined it all I'd be able to do with that piece of creative work is bin it. Doesn't exactly encourage me to sit down and start writing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Which is why I've been saying copyright should always last at least as long as the creator is alive provided the creator still holds the copyright. It's the after-the-creator-dies piece where the arguments arise.</p><p></p><p>Any sold or forcibly-transferred* copyright should have a hard expiry date of x-years after the date of sale or transfer from the original creator regardless of anything else.</p><p></p><p>* - by this I mean for example copyrights that transfer to corporations due to those awful employment contracts that stipulate that anything you create related to the company's business while employed becomes the property of the company even if you do it on your own time.</p><p></p><p>Yes.</p><p></p><p>A thousand times zero, however, does not amount to much. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8660280, member: 29398"] The branch of creativity it really limits (or limits the potential returns on) is - I guess a term for it would be "additive" creativity, where someone takes existing material and uses it as a basis on which to add new material; material which may or may not be better than what the copyright holders could or did ever produce. For example, were I to hypothetically come up with a half-decent script for a James Bond movie I wouldn't be able to just make the movie and release it. Instead, my only option would be to try to sell the script to whoever owns the Bond franchise these days, and if they declined it all I'd be able to do with that piece of creative work is bin it. Doesn't exactly encourage me to sit down and start writing. :) Which is why I've been saying copyright should always last at least as long as the creator is alive provided the creator still holds the copyright. It's the after-the-creator-dies piece where the arguments arise. Any sold or forcibly-transferred* copyright should have a hard expiry date of x-years after the date of sale or transfer from the original creator regardless of anything else. * - by this I mean for example copyrights that transfer to corporations due to those awful employment contracts that stipulate that anything you create related to the company's business while employed becomes the property of the company even if you do it on your own time. Yes. A thousand times zero, however, does not amount to much. :) [/QUOTE]
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