On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:38 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > I expect that in a few years, composers becoming famous in their life > time will get life support systems paid by their publishers, preferably > after they are brain dead but in a defensible way not legally dead, in > order to be able to extend copyrights. > > Every publishing company will entertain a zombie house where some parts > of composers/writers are kept legally alive for the sake of copyright > extensions.
LOL!!! In the US the primary driver of copyright extension ad infinitum has been Disney. When they bump up towards the 7- year limit after disney's death they will just buy enough votes in Congress to extent the copyright to 140 years. It'll cost them a few million dollars but that's a lot cheaper in the long run than running a zombie house. ;-) _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
