LOL

Me too.

That's a patent, not copyright...copyright typically involves things like music, literature, etc.



That would only work under socialism. People need to be rewarded for R&D somehow.

I am covering both patents and copyright in this thread, although the two are separate.

Ok. I'd say that copyright should last a lifetime plus a year if you do not sell your rights to anyone else. If you sell your rights to a production company, record company, etc. it should only last 20 years.

Trademarks should be indefinite (i.e. Coca Cola) as long as you keep renewing it on a 5 year basis.

Patents are a bit trickier and really depends on the industry. Given how quickly technology is evolving, I think 20 years is a bit too long. We should decrease it to 10 years and see what the results are first.

I actually think all of this makes sense, anyone would think you had experience.
I would like to see fair use on dead content though and something to kick abandoned content into the public domain so that there is a universal pool of content to draw on.

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When you have no faith, you don't believe in God.
When you have no intellect, you don't believe in in intellectual property right.

Makes sense.

Ink is a smart guy.