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Copyright should exist but not the forever bullshit that Disney made it in the 20th century.
An artist should have the right to copyright their work for a reasonable time to be able to profit from it. Say 25 years, after that is becomes public domaine.
Copyright should not be transferable nor inheritable.
Personally I think it's reasonable for it to be inheritable as long as we're talking about the relatively short timeframe that copyright was originally supposed to last. The prototypical example is the poor artist who creates a much-loved and successful work shortly before death; should their partner not be entitled to live off the proceeds of that?
Personally, my preference would be for 20 years, full stop. But I think a reasonable compromise position would be 20 years or the lifetime of the author, whichever is longer. Corporate-owned works and works-for-hire only get 20 years.
I don't think heritage should exist.
It would solve so many problems.
Why should I inherit, but not someone else? Why should rich people inherit lots, the poor nothing? Where I live, the median age to inherit is 59. Think about it, how is that useful for society?
Otherwise I'm on the same track.
I do see what you mean, but I wouldn't give people an incentive to murder artists ;)
Just imagine Disney hitmen who are killing the copyright owners for prospective Disney movies.
For heritage in general, I do agree with you.
Ha ha ha yeah, let's make an exception for that!
Didn't Disney actually had hitmens or were dabbling with some guerilla or IDK, or is that just another conspiracy?