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Discworld rerelease is 'on the cards' according to the original game's director, but is 'a complicated process' because King Charles may own 50% of the IP rights (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 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.

[-] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 30 points 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.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it should probably be ~15 years, and maybe extendable once if the original author is still alive.

That's enough to profit from the work, but not so long as to stifle innovation.

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