Michael O'Keefe wrote:
My brother is currently making a film for $1.2 million (AUD) which my
parents are putting in 20% and other investors another 40%, and he's
taking the risk on the rest.
You don't think he deserves some sort of protection against the
"pirates" that might distribute his film so that he won't get any
revenue from it ?
Maybe.
Even if I agree that you should get some copyright protection, how long
should it be allowed? If you can't convert that movie into cash in,
say, 5 years, would our society be better off if the copyright dropped
so someone else could try?
So, there are two questions.
First, should copyright be allowed at all. I'm in the camp of
"probably". I haven't heard any terribly convincing arguments for
upending the current status quo completely.
Second, how long should copyright last? I'm not a big fan of long
periods. If the goal is to encourage further artist production, it
should be long enough to create some revenue for the artist but short
enough that it doesn't let the artist rest for a too significant span of
his life. Probably somewhere in the range of 5-10 years.
-a
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