alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 6 days agoUS copyright law 'forces researchers to explore extra-legal methods' for game preservation, say historians who are 'disappointed' after being denied a DMCA exemptionwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down13
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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoSo if you want the copyright of a work to expire, you need to arrange for the death of the sole copyright holder
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoWell, it should expire at 9 years after the work was made, but to reinforce that, it should be owned by a finite being.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIf that one person dies, then there’s no one with a stake in enforcing the copyright. 9 years also seems really short. There are sequels that come out far more than 9 years after the original work.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoSounds like motivation to get the sequel done sooner.
So if you want the copyright of a work to expire, you need to arrange for the death of the sole copyright holder
Well, it should expire at 9 years after the work was made, but to reinforce that, it should be owned by a finite being.
If that one person dies, then there’s no one with a stake in enforcing the copyright.
9 years also seems really short. There are sequels that come out far more than 9 years after the original work.
Sounds like motivation to get the sequel done sooner.