On 6/22/22 10:36, MRO wrote:
> Re: Re: Old DOS BBS Programs
> By: DaiTengu to MRO on Wed Jun 22 2022 09:37 am
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> > introduced in subsequent books over the next few year would require its ow
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> > copyright. Not to mention characters that were co-created, do the
> > co-creators split the fees?
> >
> >
> > It sounds like a nightmare.
>
> it sounds like it would stifle creativity.
> why create things if there are such penalties?
>
> and what would they do with all the money from the copywrites?
> can i be the guy that keeps the money?
*original* US Copyright was for 15 years with a single 15 year
extension... the pricing for that, that I proposed isn't so bad... it's
only *IF* someone wants to force it for longer than that... it would
also free up abandoned works much more quickly.
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Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com
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