Public Domain Enhancement Act
Ask Congress to take a tiny step towards re-balancing the Copyright system by signing this petition. It suggests that copyright holders be asked to pay $1 to keep their copyright after 50 years. If they don’t, it enters the public domain. If they do, their copyright lasts as long as Congress sets. (Currently the life of the author plus 70 years!) I think this proposal is overly cautious. I’d prefer the same system with a framer’s copyright of 14 years, as it was originally. Then the renewal should happen every 14 years afterwards until whatever absurd limit Congress sets. Of course, I’d prefer even more a strict 28 year limit, as we originally had. But what benefits the public (and Disney actually) Disney doesn’t recognize as beneficial to themselves. They unfortunately only see their narrow interests in protecting their creations eternally, failing to recognize the benefits they would reap if the creativity of others were allowed to innovate off their works. They themselves work this way and still don’t get it. Ugh.
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