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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
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.
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.
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And those before 1978? Can they get reclaimed? And what about all those creators whose work has been adjudged to be "work for hire". Do they get anything? Or get it back after 35 years?
And note: 1978 + 35 = 2013. Any bet that MPAA/RIAA might want to ...ahem...extend the 35 year reclaim? (They keep extending everything else in copyright to hang on to the properties...)
In other works, if you have negotiation power, you will get residuals - maybe. (See the Canadian suit about royalties deliberately not being paid by the RIAA members for over 20 years...) Otherwise the middle man keeps them all. For as long as they can extend the copyright...