Re: Thinking about putting together a grant to support development on LilyPond

[Tim McNamara]

On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:38 AM, David Kastrup wrote:

> I expect that in a few years, composers becoming famous in their life
> time will get life support systems paid by their publishers, preferably
> after they are brain dead but in a defensible way not legally dead, in
> order to be able to extend copyrights.
> 
> Every publishing company will entertain a zombie house where some parts
> of composers/writers are kept legally alive for the sake of copyright
> extensions.

LOL!!!

In the US the primary driver of copyright extension ad infinitum has been 
Disney.  When they bump up towards the 7- year limit after disney's death they 
will just buy enough votes in Congress to extent the copyright to 140 years.  
It'll cost them a few million dollars but that's a lot cheaper in the long run 
than running a zombie house.  ;-)