the words i wrote were about the genericism part of trademarking and not about continual use. ( not sure how that wasn’t clear… )
my point only is that there are copyrighted things that should be affectively public domain because they are already so part of public use. ( i’m looking at you lighting on the eiffel tower, and you the white album, and you mickey mouse. they’re all a part of the commons, they should be treated as such. )
but again, maybe (restoring) shorter copyrights and utilizing intent would be enough
