Subj : Re: Ok .. Tyson or Jake?
To   : Ogg
From : Adept
Date : Thu Dec 12 2024 10:25:21

 Og>  A> And, yeah, my throwaway point was, if copyright lasted for
 Og>  A> 5 years, most of the money made from copyrighted things by
 Og>  A> the original makers would still be made.
 Og> 
 Og> There are many examples of cases where a work gains attention  
 Og> or a resurgence many years later. So..  to assume the initial 5  
 Og> yrs is when "most of the money is made" is not necessarily  
 Og> true.

It is absolutely true in the way I meant it, which is that, for the total value produced by copyrighted works, "most of the money made from copyrighted things by the original makers would still be made" with a copyright of 5 years.

This is likely to be true, because it has been reliably true in the past, and there's no reason to think it'll change.

I was not making the argument that there are no exceptions, ever.

Obviously, the estate of William Shakespeare would be making a killing, if copyright were forever, even if most of the rest of writing from that era would likely never be worth re-publishing or writing derivative works from.

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