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

[emijrp]

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 at 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
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