Digital BW, The Print

I found Anthony's statement naive on this fact.
"Nobody needs copyright protection after he is dead, for example."

A recognized image in the public market has value.
Physical prints from the estate have value.
The -copyright- of that image has value to the estate.

To say copyright in not useful for the deceased and their heirs is
tantamount to saying cash assets are not needed either.
For example, the copyright of an artist can be passed on to non-profit
public institutions providing another income stream to fund access.

Cleavis