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aidenn0yesterday at 4:50 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, I always preferred the short term with renewals; I didn't realize that it used to be the creator not the publisher. I wonder how that would interact with the current "work fore hire" laws that exist.


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thayneyesterday at 6:53 PM

> I wonder how that would interact with the current "work fore hire" laws that exist.

The simplest interaction would be "it's practically impossible to renew copyright on something created by a large number of employees", but IMO, that's not a bad thing.