Now you know why why restraunts have their own song for birthdays. They don’t want to get sued.
Why does copyright apply after death? What right does Warner Brothers have to get money for others creations? The arguement goes something like this: Warner Brothers puts up a lot of money to spread the music across the world so asking for ownership over the content isn’t that much to ask.
The problem with this line of thinking is that today, everyone has the ability to publish content to the web. The publisher isn’t required for a mass audience anymore. Corporate copyright ownership over content (they took no part in creating) does nothing but protect the old business model and hold creativity back. Thoughts?
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I agree with that. I think that after the author of a work dies, the copyright should die with her. After all, wasn't copyright meant to protect the rights of the author and made sure they got paid for their work? It really isn't doing them any good after they're dead.