This past week's readings brought up many valuable points on both sides of the public domain dispute. Public domain has been proven to be very beneficial to future creatives. Creativity is almost impossible without inspiration and "creative borrowing." However, as artworks enter the public domain, companies are then able to create their own reproductions and profit off of them without having to pay any publishing fees. I believe to be somewhat unfair.
A possible solution to this could involve creating a tax that benefits the arts in some for
. The tax would be similar to a publishing fee and would decrease the profitability off of public domain works. This money could then be given as educational grants in order to benefit a new generation of artists.
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