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It's election season in the UK, and the Green Party's policy document has been coming under scrutiny recently. In it is a desire to reduce copyright term to 14 years (not life + 14 years, but 14 years from publication).
Unsurprisingly, this has received a bit of a backlash from various parties.
There's no chance the Green Party will form the next government, so this is all academic, but is this a sensible idea? Are people overreacting?
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UK Green Party Proposes 14-year Copyright Term - Artists are not Amused
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QOTD:
"My life is a soap opera, but who gets the movie rights?"
(Score: 2) by hash14 on Saturday April 25 2015, @12:25AM
With scientific research, its beneficial to everyone no matter what the result, and it almost always provides clues for what further research should tackle.
I'm not sure I agree with this - lots of research ends in dead ends and gets nowhere. There are of course lots of interesting side results with other works build upon, but the same is true in the arts industries.
As for the rest of your comment, I feel that they can work exactly the same way:
Earning recognition:
Research: new scientists train under more experienced ones
Art: artists of all forms collaborate all the time
Receiving grants:
Research: authors build credibility based on their previous works; both the grants and the work are small to start, but by building reputation, researchers get larger grants and more leeway to work on more significant experiments and publications
Art: a film-marker might produce a short prior to releasing a full-feature film, and a photographer could produce some simple shots prior to being funded for a more expensive excursion. Musicians produce short demos prior to producing LPs, EPs, albums, and so on - I think there are analogues in any artistic field you could think of
Prefunding might make you feel ripped off:
Research: grant awardees must provide updates to maintain their grants, as well as financial reports to show that they're using the money appropriately
Art: why not do the same? no great work is produced in an instant.
Experimentation:
Research: scientists don't usually get a blank check to do whatever they want either. However, they still make great discoveries by accident and again, many interesting results come out of side projects
Art: Pretty much the same in this case. Substitute doing research with making music or writing short stories. Ideas come naturally from doing the work in both fields.