that told us that if Shakespeare had lived in our age of rampant copyright infringement, he wouldn't have been able to base his plays on recent... oh wait.
If the reduction doesn't apply retrospectively then it won't be much of a fix - the benefits won't start appearing until the 2060s.
And if registration is required then the benefits will be limited. Sure, it'll free up forgotten works a little quicker, but the corporations and estates will just reregister the profitable works.
And in any case, life plus 50 is still an order of magnitude too long.
This is the same NYT
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Oh wait, they already did - the 301 watchlist.
Re: Re: Wait a second...
And if registration is required then the benefits will be limited. Sure, it'll free up forgotten works a little quicker, but the corporations and estates will just reregister the profitable works.
And in any case, life plus 50 is still an order of magnitude too long.
He should be careful what he wishes for...
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