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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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Why would the the estate of a deceased writer profit from the work done by that writer? I can understand copyright continuing while the writer is alive. It is his pension, and it gives him time to write more books (as Zelda nicely worded). But, as soon as the writer dies, he can't write more books and doesn't need the money anymore.
I work. I pay for a pension for when I'm done working (in a multitude of years). That money is taking from my pay, which I get for working.
But, as soon as I die, that pension stops. Even though I might have children and a husband. Why would this be different from writers?