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how about: tiered copy rights?
after 5 years, you lose some copyright but not all?

it’s a tricky one but impoverished people should still be able to access culture…

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What does that even mean though? Like, you would retain the ability to sell and modify it but not a monopoly on free distribution?

I think 10-15 years, i.e. the original copyright act in the US (14 years) is totally fair, and allow a one-time renewal if you can prove it’s still available for purchase and losing copyright would impact your livelihood or something.

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i left it open ended like that because there’s a lot of options….
i’d probably start with selling, like after 5 years people are welcome to copy it and distribute it but not sell it…
but i mean, a lot of variations are possible….

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We’ll just having some copyright look like?

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Probably allowing everything but producing reproductions.

Basically they could use the ideas from the book and whatnot to do whatever. But they couldn’t just print duplicates with a different cover and sell them for cheaper.

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I suppose it would encourage George Martin to get a move on. Otherwise you could set stories in his universe before he finished writing the third book. I still think 5 years is too short though.

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