tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638060991094829710.post348894031241132123..comments2022-12-02T13:41:41.120+00:00Comments on Francis Davey: Copynorm survey - answering some questionsFrancis Daveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10228026893626221724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638060991094829710.post-74261504552578595852014-02-17T01:20:48.059+00:002014-02-17T01:20:48.059+00:00Sorry , brains a bit slow today
should have said:
...Sorry , brains a bit slow today<br />should have said:<br />a 'book' published when you were twenty would still be in copyright until you are 70.john r walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638060991094829710.post-17434712775827743332014-02-17T01:17:19.794+00:002014-02-17T01:17:19.794+00:00A Question that was not asked is the term of copyr...A Question that was not asked is the term of copyright too long. After all some of the more vexing aspects of copyright, such as orphan works (and the problems they create for indexing public library books) often largely go down to the problems created by life plus 70 years . The very long term of copyright has created a lot more 'things' that are still in copyright that are simply a cost to society with little or no benefit to creators (and associated value adding industries) that have mostly gone to god decades ago. Surely 50 years from publication would be enough- a 'book' published when you were twenty would still be in copyright until you are 90.<br />john r walkerhttp://johnrwalker.com.au/noreply@blogger.com