I get that my position here is considered extreme, but then again the nuanced one is much harder to express in a couple of sentences.
A lifetime of being denied access to science or art on the grounds of copyright has made me cynical.
To me it's just a classist defense barrier - keep the lower class from getting education and art to keep the class system intact. Copyright is just one method that has been corrupted to this purpose.
What do you mean by this? People have better access to information now via the internet more than ever. In theory the absolute access could still be low, but the outcomes from online learning from free sources are very impressive. People can train themselves for free and make a ton of money from it.
Separate corporate owned copyright and personal copyright. Personal has 14 years with option to pay to extend twice (7 years each time manually). Corp starts at 7 years with option to extend like personal.
Little guy has time enough to profit, corp had more budget for advertising than personal so needs less time for profit. Everyone else can enjoy within a reasonable time.