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by autoexec 23 days ago
We should require companies to submit a DRM-free version of their product to the US copyright office in order to get copyright protection. If the company goes under, or the copyright term expires, the US Copyright office should then provide those files to the people free of charge.
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If the Copyright Office doesn't have enough funding/infrastructure, a compromise would be that the company regularly provides encrypted copies into the public domain in advance, and the decryption key is in escrow.