Time was songs written in 1932 would be public domain by now.
I loathe the corrupt entertainment industry which has bought the lawmakers.
This is Australian law.
I know; it’s abhorrent how long copyright runs now. I always teach my law students how the founders specifically noted the rationale for intellectual property regulation in the Constitution: the rationale is for the promotion of progress. With copyright now generally running 95 years for corporate works of life of author plus 75, big entertainment has made it impossible for anyone alive at the time of the creation of a copyrighted work to create a derivative work...and thus “promote progress.”
Fifty-six years was plenty long for a copyright to run, as it did under the 1909 act. I’m glad we got rid of the renewal concept but copyright now is just ridiculously long, and it serves no one except big entertainment and heirs who should be working for a living anyway.