alyaza [they/she]askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long *should* the ideal term of copyright be?
inmatarianHow about an annual renewal fee that increases exponentially over time? The mouse can afford it.
collegefurtraderPayable to whom?
The US government?
BrikoXEach country has it’s own copyright office. So you would need to pay in each of them where your work is distributed. They are just enforced almost globaly as majority of countries signed an agrement to recognize them.
Society. That is how taxes work.
Each jurisdiction in which it has protection