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Imagine one rocket failing and the fallout.

Will we ever see these characters enter the public domain or is the idea of the public domain essentially dead and gone?

What are your thoughts on shortening copyright lengths?

and caused millions of families to go out and buy homes. This raised the price of homes, and home values, which was then what a lot of family's money was tied up in. So, if the government discontinued the Exemption, housing prices would plummet, which would cause people's net worths to also fall, and may even cause a market crash! Because of all of that, they locked in the exemption, even though it was intended to be only temporary. We still have it today!

A government of the rich and powerful. Also shows the unintended consequences that folks don't plan for.

Can copyright owners declare something to be part of the public domain? For example, if I wrote a novel and still owned the rights, could I declare my death plus 10 years in my will?

Then again, I suppose that would just benefit any studios who wanted to use those properties. Might be better to donate valuable IP to universities, etc so atleast the public good is profiting off of it.

I'd love to hear the solution as well.

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