ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareIf copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea?ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareobvs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago Like if an author had a five year old why shouldn’t the kid get royalties if their parents is in an accident? Like I said, all it does is prioritize the desires of the dead over the needs of the living. It’s not justified.
minus-squareSaltSong@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoIn this example, the child is living, and has needs.
minus-square鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoIn the perfect world, the kids should have UBI regardless on if their parents are authors. But yes the kids should be inheriting the remainder of the fixed-term copyright.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoSo you would rather the publisher make the money instead of giving it to the family of the artist for a short period of time. What terrible priorities.
Like I said, all it does is prioritize the desires of the dead over the needs of the living. It’s not justified.
In this example, the child is living, and has needs.
In the perfect world, the kids should have UBI regardless on if their parents are authors. But yes the kids should be inheriting the remainder of the fixed-term copyright.
So you would rather the publisher make the money instead of giving it to the family of the artist for a short period of time.
What terrible priorities.