Re: Copyright Extension Bill Passes Congress

On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Albert Henderson <noblestation[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
> >
> > Obviously, such publishers rarely paid royalties to authors for
> > public domain works. It seems to me a pity that the heirs of
> > Shakespeare, Hawthorne, Melville, etc. and modern writers have
> > been treated less respect than homesteaders whose property rights
> > were were better protected even from earliest times.
>
> What did these heirs do to deserve compensation?

They [heirs] did the exact same thing as recipients of any other assets that come their way by virtue of a will.

Derric Oliver
<doliver[_at_]jazz.fantasyjazz.com> Received on Wed Oct 28 1998 - 18:06:20 GMT