F. Scott Fitzgerald Made $8,397 On Great Gatsby; His Daughter Ge...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 10/29/2009 - 12:15

There have been an increasing number of questions raised about both the length of copyright and the fact that it passes on to heirs after the original creator passes on.

The original purpose of copyright had nothing to do with creating a welfare system for the children of content creators, no matter how much some content creators would like it to work that way.

Economist Greg Mankiw points out a "factoid" that drives home the oddity that comes...

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