alt Hacker NewsKeep in mind that under such a system, corporations would have a financial incentive to wait just a bit longer to do an adaptation
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ronsor • today at 2:38 PM
I find it strange how people are so invested in spiting $BigCorpThatMightDoBadThing that they're willing to harm the public at large as well.
wongarsu • today at 2:48 PM
GRRM is already beating them at that game by publishing a new book in the series every couple decades. That might become a common tactic in such a copyright environment
> Keep in mind that under such a system, corporations would have a financial incentive to wait just a bit longer to do an adaptation
Meanwhile they are currently buying up IP and locking it up for decades in such a way that no one can build on it.
Sherlock Holmes, who was created in the 1800s, only became public domain (but not all of it) a few years ago:
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/27/sherlock-holme...
* https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/01/how-sherlo...
BigCorps could do a lot of things under a new regime, but they are already doing shitty things. I'd rather deal with the current problems and then see if/what kind of new issues crop up, and then course-correct then.