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  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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    6 days ago

    Those fees won’t pay for the cost of registering all these copyrights. Currently the government doesn’t need to get involved until there’s a suit, and then they get court fees. Everybody registering their first 2 to 5 years of copyright would be a massive burden.

    Also, at every 5 years you’re only up to a few hundred bucks at 40 years. Definitely needs to be on the lower side.

    • Steve@communick.news
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      6 days ago

      Registering doesn’t need to cost much. It could be largely automated.
      And the government will get plenty of money later on from the big ticket copyrights.
      And the government isn’t supposed to be profitable in itself any way. So that doesn’t matter much.

      And yah, personally I’d root for for a year or two. But to get this system in place, that would likely have to be compromised on. 5 years is the long edge of worth doing at all.