You could ask why Rowling should get money forever for work she did once? When somebody builds a house they don’t keep getting royalties. I guess Rowling has already enough monetary incitement to write a new book.

Copyright starts to run when work first becames publicly available, if I remember right.

You could ask why Rowling should get money forever for work she did once? When somebody builds a house they don’t keep getting royalties. I guess Rowling has already enough monetary incitement to write a new book.

Copyright starts to run when work first becames publicly available, if I remember right.

prevent the sharing of scientific information and inhibit scientific progress.

Make the cost of life saving drugs and treatment prohibitive for those who need them.

Make corporations and individuals wealthy and are at the foundation of the power that multinational corporations hold. This power and bottom line thinking enables corporations to act irresponsibly in almost every practical regard. “Corporate citizens” have no regard for their communities or environments beyond the bottom line.

And of course, protracted intellectual property rights prevent the creation of new works and derivative works based on older works.

As for the current practical aspect of a potential 14 year limit on this stuff–

Why should JK Rowling or anyone get rich from Harry Potter? Why is this necessary? I mean, why does any individual need this kind of wealth in general?

And why would you copyright a work in progress before it’s been published? If you want to protect your 14 year in the making graphic novel, don’t show it to anyone until your done.

And few if any of the original people involved in the creation of these 50+ year old properties like Warner Bros characters and Disney characters are benefitting from their sucess. Disney and Warner Bros. shareholders are.

prevent the sharing of scientific information and inhibit scientific progress.

Make the cost of life saving drugs and treatment prohibitive for those who need them.

Make corporations and individuals wealthy and are at the foundation of the power that multinational corporations hold. This power and bottom line thinking enables corporations to act irresponsibly in almost every practical regard. “Corporate citizens” have no regard for their communities or environments beyond the bottom line.

And of course, protracted intellectual property rights prevent the creation of new works and derivative works based on older works.

As for the current practical aspect of a potential 14 year limit on this stuff–

Why should JK Rowling or anyone get rich from Harry Potter? Why is this necessary? I mean, why does any individual need this kind of wealth in general?

And why would you copyright a work in progress before it’s been published? If you want to protect your 14 year in the making graphic novel, don’t show it to anyone until your done.

And few if any of the original people involved in the creation of these 50+ year old properties like Warner Bros characters and Disney characters are benefitting from their sucess. Disney and Warner Bros. shareholders are.