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minus-squareMaya S. Trojan@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoIn 2009, economist Rufus Pollock “did the math” and came up with an optimal copyright length of roughly 15-30 years (if I recall correctly, been a minute since I read the full paper): https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf This has been a known and solved problem, nobody with power to change it wants to change it because they’re currently benefiting from it.
In 2009, economist Rufus Pollock “did the math” and came up with an optimal copyright length of roughly 15-30 years (if I recall correctly, been a minute since I read the full paper):
https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf
This has been a known and solved problem, nobody with power to change it wants to change it because they’re currently benefiting from it.