ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoIf copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea?message-squaremessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up169arrow-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 · 23 hours agomessage-square82linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·22 hours agoPlot: a rival publisher hires a killer to murder a successful author over the copyright.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoI was just thinking about that. If the copyright is tied to the author being alive, that’s essentially putting a huge target on your back. People have mysteriously died for much less than that.
Plot: a rival publisher hires a killer to murder a successful author over the copyright.
I was just thinking about that. If the copyright is tied to the author being alive, that’s essentially putting a huge target on your back. People have mysteriously died for much less than that.