re: #300 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

The system we had between 1923 and 1963 didn’t need fixing. Initial term 17 (?) years, and then you could renew it for a small fee for 25 years each time as long as you were alive and wanted to do so.

I think corporate ownership of copyrights is where things get complicated. The corporation is immortal, but not allowing corporations to hold copyright is probably too restrictive.

There is also a case to be made for life of the creator + X years (where X is reasonable) copyright term, in order to avoid systematically reducing the value of work by older creators.