Comments on: Copyright is supposed to "Promote the Progress of… useful Arts", not keep creative works inaccessible! http://clararaubertas.net/blog/copyright-is-supposed-to-promote-the-progress-of-useful-arts-not-keep-creative-works-inaccessible/ Miscellaneous thoughts from a Cantabridgian web developer. Fri, 18 May 2012 19:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Clara http://clararaubertas.net/blog/copyright-is-supposed-to-promote-the-progress-of-useful-arts-not-keep-creative-works-inaccessible/#comment-17 Clara Fri, 16 May 2008 20:19:00 +0000 http://clararaubertas.net/blog/?p=34#comment-17 Yeah, having the artists own their own copyrights would definitely solve a lot of these issues. But I still think the default term should be short and the copyright owner should be responsible for renewing it; that way, if after 20 years the artist no longer feels like publishing/distributing the work for whatever reason it can still be accessed, but if it's still profitable for them to hold the copyright they can renew it. Yeah, having the artists own their own copyrights would definitely solve a lot of these issues. But I still think the default term should be short and the copyright owner should be responsible for renewing it; that way, if after 20 years the artist no longer feels like publishing/distributing the work for whatever reason it can still be accessed, but if it’s still profitable for them to hold the copyright they can renew it.

]]> By: Gwendolyn http://clararaubertas.net/blog/copyright-is-supposed-to-promote-the-progress-of-useful-arts-not-keep-creative-works-inaccessible/#comment-16 Gwendolyn Fri, 16 May 2008 15:14:00 +0000 http://clararaubertas.net/blog/?p=34#comment-16 In the case of single-person art and small-group collaborations, it's seems that the problem is not how long the copyright exists for, but who owns it.<br/><br/>It's my opinion that the artist should ALWAYS own copyrights for their work. Then, they can sign an exclusive contact with a publishing/production company that's designed to lapse once that company stops publishing/producing their work.<br/><br/>I don't know what to do about movies, though. In the case of single-person art and small-group collaborations, it’s seems that the problem is not how long the copyright exists for, but who owns it.

It’s my opinion that the artist should ALWAYS own copyrights for their work. Then, they can sign an exclusive contact with a publishing/production company that’s designed to lapse once that company stops publishing/producing their work.

I don’t know what to do about movies, though.

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