I don't see any reason it should be longer than patents (20 years).
replyWhy should authors be granted vastly larger IP protections than inventors?
Because Disney paying ever-increasing fees to keep Snow White is not particularly harmful. Vs. if we allowed ever-extending patents on essential medicines and foundational technologies? How much could the heirs of the Wright Brothers add to the price of every plane ticket?
replyHow many years of monopoly is enough? And why not ought works be explicitly registered for such protections?
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