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by danielrpa
2120 days ago
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It's indeed a balance of forces in a sense. The crushing force of major recording companies vs the small force of millions of artists acting/negotiating independently, meaning that the recording companies get a share proportional to their force. In the past 250 years, the protected copyright duration in the US slowly went from up to 28 years to up to 120 years (!). It's no accident that the last big change was nicknamed the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_St... A reversion in the protection periods to be aligned, let's say, with patent durations would still offer reasonable protection to all parties. |
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