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Originally Posted by Penelope420  Those artists all still have estates/families which are collecting royalties for their work.
I'm not sure how it works in the music industry, but for visual arts the copyright is good for (I think) 70 years plus the life of the author, so at some point the work does become public domain. |
But now we're beyond the Artist. The artist created the work, not the family.
And then what about tabs and covers? If a band does a cover of "All Along the Watchtower" aren't they stealing from Bob Dylan? And aren't tab sites taking away profit from music books?