this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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If it was the day after they died, mightn't that have an unintended consequence of making it more likely that copyright holders would start "falling out of windows" just when it's convenient for producers and AI crooks to snaffle up their content, royalty-free?
Isn't that how inheritance works? Everything including the long copyright get inherited immediately.
... murder is also illegal?
In any case, I also believe copyright shouldn't be transferable, especially to companies.
Not for certain people.