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    7 months ago

    Yeah it could be since copyrights have an expiration date before the thing becomes public domain. In order for, say, E.T. for Atari for become public domain, Howard Scott Warshaw would have to die and then 70 years later the copyright on E.T. would end. And that’s assuming HSW maintained the copyright himself, and isn’t held by Atari. I don’t know how it works in the case of a company that can’t technically die. If it just becomes 70 years and the author’s life has no bearing on it, then it still would be 28 years until Atari’s E.T. is public domain.

    The length of time, IMO, should be shortened to just life of author+5-10 years.

    • cooljacob204
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      157 months ago

      Imo it should be shortened to hard 15-30 years regardless of life or author.

      • applepie
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        7 months ago

        Disney might boeing you if you keep up with this nasty attitude lol

        They spent good money on this.

      • VaultBoyNewVegas
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        27 months ago

        That’s never going to happen. Sony, Nintendo and Sega would all throw millions to stop that.

    • @frezik@midwest.social
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      17 months ago

      When it comes to works for hire like most commercial games, the term is 95 years after publication, or 120 years after creation, whichever comes first. In another 50 years or so, you can legally fall down all the holes.