[Wikimedia-l] Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

[David Gerard]

On 21 May 2012 18:59, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at 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.