Dead Musicians Signing Media Rights Petitions.
epeus writes “Following from the Gowers coverage and the Musicians’ ad in the FT, Larry Lessig admits he was wrong about term extension:
‘If you read the list, you’ll see that at least some of these artists
are apparently dead (e.g. Lonnie Donegan, died 4th November 2002;
Freddie Garrity, died 20th May 2006). I take it the ability of these
dead authors to sign a petition asking for their copyright terms to be
extended can only mean that even after death, term extension continues
to inspire. I’m not yet sure how. But I guess I should be a good sport
about it, and just confess I was wrong. For if artists can sign
petitions after they’ve died, then why can’t they produce new
recordings fifty year ago?’” [Slashdot: Your Rights Online]
