Lol, 14 years term. Good luck. That is a lost battle.
I think that the useful approach is to spread the word about free licenses,
that allow to use content NOW.
2012/5/21 Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>
14 years is a fine place to start. Are there any
existing campaigns
pushing for it? S.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:22 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 21 May 2012 18:59, Samuel Klein
<meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think the right term here is "0
years". It is also not "life
+ 70". Perhaps "7 + 7".
I suggested 14 as a likely figure because that figure is already in
common currency - as it was the term in the UK (Statute of Anne) and
in the US (Copyright Act of 1790).
And then Sage Ross turned up the recent study suggesting a 15-year
term would be the correct length to maximise artistic production
(though I think the number is a bit conveniently close to 14 years and
would like to see multiple competing studies that show their working):
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1436186
The Economist also ran an editorial pushing 14 years:
http://www.economist.com/node/1547223
So, yeah, "14 year term" is the meme.
- d.
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