Regarding the freely distributible period I suggest, you have to remember it's still AFTER any real copyright duration. So... would you still be unhappy with people freely sharing a novel you wrote over 40 years ago? Keeping in mind this basically only covers the bittorrent/filesharing communities, not someone trying to repackage it to resell "at cost", etc. If a company or bootlegger were trying to hawk your stuff during the CC period, you'd be able to go after them for every penny they have.
People wouldn't be able to do adaptations or remakes on it either during this creative commons period either. To do that they'd still have to go through the original author for permission, the same way they'd have to during a normal copyright period. If the copyright duration was a straight 40 years, then the creative commons period would be another 40 years. Meaning you'll be pushing 100+ by the time the earliest commercial work you did can be reworked without your permission.
This would end up being "Life+" for the vast majority of the human race.
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Date: 2021-03-12 07:16 am (UTC)From:People wouldn't be able to do adaptations or remakes on it either during this creative commons period either. To do that they'd still have to go through the original author for permission, the same way they'd have to during a normal copyright period. If the copyright duration was a straight 40 years, then the creative commons period would be another 40 years. Meaning you'll be pushing 100+ by the time the earliest commercial work you did can be reworked without your permission.
This would end up being "Life+" for the vast majority of the human race.