Blaze@reddthat.com to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoThe Next Characters to Enter the Public Domainwww.visualcapitalist.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkThe Next Characters to Enter the Public Domainwww.visualcapitalist.comBlaze@reddthat.com to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRustyWizard@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoCopyright terms are so fucking stupid. Imagine getting into trouble for using Popeye. Make it the same as a patent duration and be done with it.
minus-squareBlaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou can really see how invested the copyright owners were to get such long durations.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago“I’m not saying that’s how it should be. I’m saying that’s how it is.” - Tom Scott, 2020 YouTube’s copyright system isn’t broken. The world’s is. (43 minutes long, but worth a watch)
Copyright terms are so fucking stupid. Imagine getting into trouble for using Popeye. Make it the same as a patent duration and be done with it.
You can really see how invested the copyright owners were to get such long durations.
“I’m not saying that’s how it should be. I’m saying that’s how it is.”
- Tom Scott, 2020
YouTube’s copyright system isn’t broken. The world’s is. (43 minutes long, but worth a watch)