Why didn’t they also extend patents. A patent is 1000x harder to get than a copy write and only lasts 17 years no matter what.
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone wanting to learn guitar could choose form some song written after the civil war?
You can’t set up your estate in a way that is guaranteed to provide for your heirs for 70 years after your death, why does the author of “happy birthday” get to but you don’t?
A four legged cow
A big old sow
My mind is cheese
pass the ketchup please
(c)
I just copy writed that and published it. No one can use it for 70 years after my death. Seems fair doesn’t it?
Actually per the posting rules and the terms of your license to post here, Jim Robinson now owns the rights to your poem.