Copyright Laws were created to help "the controllers" (the rich and their managers, lawyers) freely and "legally" earn a financial gain for as long as possible (they want to earn in perpetuity). I feel that the heirs should be able to regain the right to profit from the works of their deceased loved one. They could very well receive the same benefit while the ip creator is alive to share it with them, so why when the ip creator dies, should the work be a "public domain" work or why should lawyers and managers profit while the heirs are often times, left to struggle or worse, be legally separated from profiting from their loved ones legacy? The protection afforded by the Copyright act was simply designed out of the fact that most intellectual property creators are taken advantage of with unfair contracts early in their career. The law provides an opportunity for the ip creator and/or his/her heirs to reap some benefit where there would be none available had the law not been enacted.
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Imbalanced Copyright Laws
Copyright Laws were created to help "the controllers" (the rich and their managers, lawyers) freely and "legally" earn a financial gain for as long as possible (they want to earn in perpetuity). I feel that the heirs should be able to regain the right to profit from the works of their deceased loved one. They could very well receive the same benefit while the ip creator is alive to share it with them, so why when the ip creator dies, should the work be a "public domain" work or why should lawyers and managers profit while the heirs are often times, left to struggle or worse, be legally separated from profiting from their loved ones legacy? The protection afforded by the Copyright act was simply designed out of the fact that most intellectual property creators are taken advantage of with unfair contracts early in their career. The law provides an opportunity for the ip creator and/or his/her heirs to reap some benefit where there would be none available had the law not been enacted.