[hoosierham]

So I suppose the founders of this nation were philistines and believers in forced sharing ,because,after all, LIMITED time for patents and copyrights was the norm from 1787 until 1976 !By the way we have had forced sharing from the beginning of civilization;it is usually referred to as taxes.

As for a great work being ruined by being turned into a Disney production;NEWS flash ,Disney feared loss of revenue when all their “great works” became public domain as EVERY OTHER work had been doing for centuries.

I guess you think we should still be paying royalties to the descendants of the first man to put a wheel on an axle ?

Too many “artists” over-rate their own importance to the world.

As for Hatch ,I wish he had been more successful as n artist so he would not be a Senator!

And too bad more people didn’t see that Hitler became a successful painter.

THese frustrated artists telling the rest of us how to live are a pain!

[kabumpo]

That has nothing to do with the value and integrity of a work of art. Just as Picasso left paintings to his children that they can leave to their children, a writer or composer should be able to leave the rights to a novel, play or symphony to their heirs as long as they have heirs.