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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Copyrights, under law, are just like trading cards, they can be bought, sold, swapped, ect. If it doesn't help the creator....
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That depends entirely on how the content creator chose to dispose of their rights. A content creator who gets a good royalty rate or holds onto their rights will benefit for a long time.
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Originally Posted by RSE
What is protected is the middlemen's right to exploit copyrights.
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No, what's protected is the rights holder's ability to maintain copyright. A copyright that is kept by the content creator gets the exact same protection as one that is transferred.
In fact, content creators in the US can file to reclaim their copyrights 35 years after publication, if the work was created after 1978 and certain other conditions are met.