Anyone else seen this? http://www.copyrightmyths.org/proportional_registration
Karl Fogel suggests that after an initial copyright term that functions as at present (i.e. - with no registration requirement, but reduced in duration), rights-holders should be required to register their work, paying a fee that is a proportion of an estimated 'value' of the work that they themselves set. The work can then be 'bought out' on behalf of the public domain by paying the entire 'estimated value' to the creator. Further details at the link above, but I'm intrigued by this position, as it leads to a copyright term proportional to the market value of a work. Any Thoughts? Cheers, Tim
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