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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
I just don’t understand why some folks feel that artists are not entitled to continue to profit from their works at least until they die, or for a period of time thereafter (the thereafter meaning their estate of course).
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There are several issues here and the question is balance; I completely agree that artists should be able to profit form their work for a while, time-frame which should be *reasonable* and also with some caveats of the *Use it or Lose it* thing since once you release something out there, it *will* enter public domain sooner or later, there is no question about not entering, so already society has a claim on the work as opposed to something kept private.
The question is how to strike the balance and how to ensure creators and their families benefit while keeping the profit motive of the enablers (publishers, bookstores...) in mind too since otherwise the works in questions would be harder to find.
Many of us perceive the balance has been skewed - at least officially, legally - in the favor of Big Media and against both creators and the public and that is the issue here, how to re-strike a balance that worked ok for a long time