Subj : Re: Old DOS BBS Programs
To   : DaiTengu
From : Tracker1
Date : Tue Jun 21 2022 14:15:05

On 6/15/22 06:14, DaiTengu wrote:
 >
 > If I was to advocate for anything, it'd be a much shorter duration for
 > the expiration of software copyrights than the current "author's life
 > + 70 years"

Don't remember where I first read it, but someone had the idea of 
allowing copyright to never expire...  Basically, you get the first 15 
years free (original term, but no cost, by default like now)... but to 
get any more, you pay $xx at 15 years, and it doubles every N years.

So if it's worth you to keep paying a doubling amount (potentially 
millions a year), then it's probably okay to keep it under copyright.

So, say Free 0-15
Then $10k after 15 years...
Then double every 5 years.

After 65 years, registration would be ~$10m... a few more decades and it 
becomes cost prohibitive.

One year after previous registration expires, public domain.
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Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com
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