ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoIf copyright on a work expired immediately after death, would be that a bad or good idea?message-squaremessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 9 days agomessage-square91linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoCopyright, even if signed away to a company, is still timed off the original creator’s lifespan.
minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoNot in the U.S… For work-for-hire, It’s 95 years after publication. For works owned originally by a lump of flesh, blood, and bone, it’s 70 years after the author’s death.
Copyright, even if signed away to a company, is still timed off the original creator’s lifespan.
Not in the U.S… For work-for-hire, It’s 95 years after publication. For works owned originally by a lump of flesh, blood, and bone, it’s 70 years after the author’s death.