• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s weird we never hear about how “the founding fathers” knew best in respect to copyright law…

    They set it at 14 years, after that they could apply for a single 14 year extension and that’s it.

    With Fallout 1 coming out in 1997, we should be at the point where anyone who wants to make a fallout game, could just make a fallout game.

    Imagine how much better gaming would be if billion dollar corporations couldn’t get a monopoly on IP forever.

    • jtrek@startrek.website
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      2 days ago

      Capitalism. The minority of people own stuff and call the shots.

      I personally think a short copyright might be acceptable. A couple years. And following that open use with attribution.