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-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up184file-text
arrow-up184message-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-square76linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoCopyright, even if signed away to a company, is still timed off the original creator’s lifespan.
minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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.