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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
they are the greeks and copyright on Plato would surely help them right now. 
BTW, I find the idea of copyright like life+years makes no sense in the case of companies. Companies like Disney seem to never die at all! Someone should kill them, bleed them until bankrupt. Otherwise, they'll keep milking away what otherwise had genuine artistic attempts by real people, such as Bambi or The Lion King in countless watered down sequels...
Just imagine, Plato Company publishing The Republic XXI! |
For copyright, not all descendents get a cut. My kids won't share my copyright equally, unless I specify that they're to share it. I could have it to where only my oldest gets it. It is kinda like with most inheritance. Things get divvied up. Johnny gets this, Janey gets that, etc.
As far as copyrights for corporations, the life+years is only for people. Corporations have a separate set of rules. Like in the US, it is life+70, but 120 years if it is a corporation.