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should anything be copyrightable? (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago by Recluse_Spider@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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You've all had some very interesting answers for my last post so here is a question for you, how do you think about copyright in general and should it exist?

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[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can counteract this with a strict timeframe like 20 or 25 years. If I create something and die a year later, my copyright transfers to whomever and they can hold it for 19 more years. Seems fair all around.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah sure. What about only for family (except if you specifically denies it, and then it would go to the state or go free).

Edit: but why though? If I die tomorrow, my kids won't get a dime from the work I'm no longer doing for the next 20 years, even if I spent lots of time studying etc. I mean, it's not simple.