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by dahart 1637 days ago
What do you mean by “cheated you into renting”? That sounds like you’re suggesting you’re being forced to spend money against your will without your knowledge or consent?

I also don’t understand your suggestion for fixing copyright law. What constitutes a ‘creator’ in the case of a company that makes something? (Same question for a band, or any group of multiple people.) How would you handle accidental death? What about a company acquisition? How do you define ‘untransferable’? Are you saying it should be okay for a company creator to hold the copyright forever as long as the company is in business, but individual people can’t give or sell copyrights? That would be a boon for Disney and very bad for individual artists. It doesn’t seem like your suggestion is prepared to deal with the realities and complexities of business and life…