Evig opphavsrett

Morsom og vel verdt noen minutters lesing.

"Imagine you're a new parent at 30 years old and you've just published a bestselling new novel. Under the current system, if you lived to 70 years old and your descendants all had children at the age of 30, the copyright in your book – and thus the proceeds – would provide for your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

But what, I ask, about your great-great-great-grandchildren? What do they get?"

Eternal Copyright: a modest proposal

Vi har forøvrig lik opphavsrettsbeskyttelse her til lands: Forfatterens levetid + 70 år.

[via]
---