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RE: constitution vacation
By sprockkets on 2/25/2013 8:34:10 PM , Rating: 2
But if somebody DRAWS a Mouse, they have 70 years after Walt Disney's death to exploit the cartoon.

Since Disney was responsible last time for extending copyright as soon as Mickey was about to go into the public domain, you can pretty much say it is now infinite.

And since Disney the corporation never dies, well, IANAL.

RE: constitution vacation
By JediJeb on 2/25/2013 9:50:18 PM , Rating: 2
That is why corporations should not be able to own copyrights. Copyrights should apply to the original creator/creators and not extend past their death. This would prevent copyrights from being traded or sold. Also there is no reason that I should make money from something my father did. If he earns money from his work and passes that on to me at his death then that is ok, but if he had a patent or copyright I should not be entitled to make money from that after his death.

This would put an end to the silly thing like some current publisher trying to charge kids at summer camps with copyright infringement when they sing a century old campfire song without paying royalties.

