Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: John Williamson Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.tech.broadcast Subject: Re: OT - Lehrer Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:58:33 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <118cshs$2v7m0$1@dont-email.me> <11987r4$dcgn$1@dont-email.me> <11991m3$mv9t$1@dont-email.me> <1199cb7.1oo.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <11998cr$p9kj$1@dont-email.me> <11998eu$p9kj$2@dont-email.me> <119btqo.p88.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <119e100$2f3mj$1@dont-email.me> <119e5kd$2ffih$3@dont-email.me> <119em0j$2nn7s$1@dont-email.me> <119gm56$3dq1d$1@dont-email.me> <119gn7i$3e853$1@dont-email.me> <119j63i.9b0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <119j2vc$8pgq$3@dont-email.me> <119j3ta$9bpe$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net e1MIlAMr/P28pPCZtsqP7Q66Gh2pXOjMaxRFPFhFFCralZax4c Cancel-Lock: sha1:Mq++wmFElFHuPGVlIPx+6hRAoTU= sha256:KL4a5hke7ATnnjKYzOPwSUJCA7A8cDfoN3vqkkiCrk0= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/50.0 In-Reply-To: <119j3ta$9bpe$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-GB Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:35414 alt.comp.os.windows-10:196345 comp.os.linux.advocacy:723021 comp.os.linux.misc:92501 uk.tech.broadcast:70639 On 30/09/2026 14:47, NY wrote: > On 30/09/2026 14:31, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 30/09/2026 13:25, Frank Slootweg wrote: >>> In some juridictions you have to be >>> dead for 70 years or so, for your work to become public domain and in >>> other juridiction, >> >> So no copyright on classical music anymore > > > I've always wondered why copyright is deemed to expire some period (eg > 70 years) after the *death* of the author, rather than dating from the > creation/publication of the work when copyright (and now, author's > rights) is first asserted. It means that works created when the author > was young earn far more royalties and are protected for a lot longer > than those created near the end of his life. The official reason is to provide an income for any surviving family members. -- Tciao for Now! John.