What does everyone think of the UK Green Party's pledge to reduce copyright to 14 years? Is this even possible, while remaining a member of the EU? There are currently international agreements in place regarding length of copyright, and there's certainly EU Directive 2006/116/EC, which covers the European Union.
Also, is it desirable? Do we want to live in a world where every new movie is based on a book or comic that's a decade and a half old, with no payment to the author? And why would a production company ever pay for film rights when they can just wait a few years and get it for free? And what about, say, new novelists, whose work might only take off a decade or so after it's first published? Surely such a short length of copyright would discourage a major publisher taking on the work of a relative unknown that's only had a very limited print run. Why buy it when you can get it for free a few years down the line?
It makes no sense to me, and is certainly completely out of step with the rest of the world. Has the Green Party actually thought this one through?
Also, is it desirable? Do we want to live in a world where every new movie is based on a book or comic that's a decade and a half old, with no payment to the author? And why would a production company ever pay for film rights when they can just wait a few years and get it for free? And what about, say, new novelists, whose work might only take off a decade or so after it's first published? Surely such a short length of copyright would discourage a major publisher taking on the work of a relative unknown that's only had a very limited print run. Why buy it when you can get it for free a few years down the line?
It makes no sense to me, and is certainly completely out of step with the rest of the world. Has the Green Party actually thought this one through?
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