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Maybe for art and only in the case it’s individual artists that own it.
And copyrights should be redefined a bit (like foss licences).
But nothing should get you 20 years of exclusive rights, that is just not right.
Ppl will quote medical research, but that is the worst of copyright examples.
And I think medical research should be under public domain, non-profits or gov agencies researching with public money and not allowed to copyright the products.
Maybe for art and only in the case it’s individual artists that own it.
And copyrights should be redefined a bit (like foss licences).
But nothing should get you 20 years of exclusive rights, that is just not right.
Ppl will quote medical research, but that is the worst of copyright examples.
And I think medical research should be under public domain, non-profits or gov agencies researching with public money and not allowed to copyright the products.