[rollei_list] Re: Copyright Law
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:28:07 -0500
Hi Don -
What leads you to believe that the heirs of the deceased artist are
always the recipients of their royalties?
Eric Goldstein
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 11:44 PM 12/1/2009, Frank Dernie wrote:
>
> Why not have copyright end with the death of the original artist/inventor,
> he doesn't need the income anymore and it would avoid unseemly arguments
> from the family, who have done nothing to earn the income.
>
> Maybe the artist doesn't need any income but his heirs do. Our friend who's
> father won the Oscar for scoring "The Wizard of Oz" gets a few cents every
> time "Over the Rainbow" is played and she lives on that income.
>
> (Interestingly, he didn't write that song but scored the movie and rehearsed
> Judy Garland over and over til she got it the way he wanted it.)
>
> DAW
>
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