ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIf copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea?message-squaremessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up180arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square90fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 days agoPlot: a rival publisher hires a killer to murder a successful author over the copyright.
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days 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.