• hannes3120@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    "Whenever something closes in the UK, intellectual property rights revert 50% to the original creator and 50% to the Crown

    Wtf - how is something like this still law and people are okay with it?

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      9 months ago

      If they’re already okay with IP in general, then it doesn’t seem like much of a stretch. The whole thing is imaginary, arbitrary, and couldn’t exist without the King’s government.

      Why do you want to steal from the king? :-P

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        9 months ago

        Are you seriously defending it? Why don’t we attach you along with all monarchs to some cement and drop you in some river? Would be strictly beneficial for society.

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    9 months ago

    It sure would be helpful if there was an automatic release of property if no one does anything with it for 25 years.

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      9 months ago

      Even if no one does anything, the first book was published 40 years ago. It won’t leave copyright for another 62 years.

      Copyright is too long.

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    9 months ago

    I would love a Discworld Trilogy re-release. They are one of the funniest 90s point and click adventures.

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    9 months ago

    We only have rights to the characters, not the games

    How does that work? Gregg didn’t create original characters here.