[pp.int.general] 3-step usage rights / forced licensing model

[Richard Stallman]

I could be in favor of this 3-step program with certain changes.

    0d - Release of work. Anyone is free to use it non-commercially for
    private purposes.

"Private purposes" is not enough -- sharing of copies must be allowed.

    5y - Work is 5 years old and it becomes free for any commercial use.

     Record label
    must then pay a 10% (total) fee for the creators of the price (not
    profit) of the CD.

In simple situations this would be easy to work out, but in complex
situations it might be hard to design any good system]to decide how to
divide the money.

    20y - At this point the work has got enough protection for making some
    profit for the creator, or if it hasn't...it probably never will. The
    work will move into public domain (in Finland PD would still retain some
    "moral rights", most importantly one close to CC-by, or the right to be
    recognized as the original creator, which I think is good.)

Something needs to be done about the moral right to limit
modifications.  As long as that moral right continues, the work never
really enters the public domain.

I suggest avoiding use of the term "creator" for authors and artists;
that term is propaganda.