Digital BW, The Print

Lyons Cox wrote:

>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.
>
>  
>
True, he oversimplified, but on the other end of the spectrum you have 
situations like the Elvis estate still approaching actions against 
artists who depict him without licensing his image first..  He's been 
dead for over 20 years I believe... I think it's more than a bit 
ridiculous that his estate owns the rights to any for-profit depiction 
of him..

 
Keith Krebs

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