tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27989205.post3967437647005188171..comments2023-05-18T12:52:27.868+01:00Comments on Keith's Blog: oer - copyright discussion - week 4Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15532036218370767442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27989205.post-48039846614899122142008-04-01T15:26:00.000+01:002008-04-01T15:26:00.000+01:00It's a complex issue, which is probably why there ...It's a complex issue, which is probably why there is so much debate on this topic. I'm not an expert, but I can understand both points of view on the issue.<BR/>I saw "About a Boy." It's a great movie, and I'd forgotten that the Hugh Grant character was living off the wealth generated by a Christmas song (I think?) written by his father or grandfather(?).<BR/>Here's an interesting link to a JLHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722475580101827465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27989205.post-85600912926532113592008-04-01T06:49:00.000+01:002008-04-01T06:49:00.000+01:00Janet: Good points. What do you think, for how lon...Janet: Good points. What do you think, for how long one should then have a right to benefit out of their grandfathers’ creative works? The question is problematic because the “work” is not just heritage (such as money or physical property) but something that when it is kept only in the hands of the family, it may slowdown the general economical, social and cultural development. If we think about Teemu Leinonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233005062709021734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27989205.post-34593921442634850382008-03-31T19:11:00.000+01:002008-03-31T19:11:00.000+01:00'It is hard to see what interest a dead creator of...'It is hard to see what interest a dead creator of a work has in continuing to own copyright!"<BR/>I would think the dead creator's family should be interested in retaining the copyright.<BR/>This would enable the author's surviving spouse or offspring to benefit from royalty cheques for the work, or (if the work was not yet published) allow the family to publish the work and receive financial JLHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722475580101827465noreply@blogger.com