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I have this idea that any material that uses DRM should not be covered by copyright simply because it removes itself from things that will end up in the public domain.

For me, one of the wonderful things about copyright is that works always end up available for free to the general public. A DRMed work will never be free in that sense, and should then not be covered by the regular legal protections.

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As long as Disney is around, nothing will ever enter the public domain again.

TTIP and similar deals fucks it up for the rest of us as well.

I say a maximum of 25 years free copyright (i'd rather see something like 5-10 years), and then progressively increasing fees that start becoming crazy after something like ten years.

Then use that money to finance culture.

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