Originally Posted by GatorB

You do realize that our founding fathers never meant copyright to be perpetual. In fact back then it was 14 years. So yes at some point you were expected to let everyone have your shit for free. So using your logic their heirs of Bach should be getting royalty checks and people should have to ask permission to play his music. Shakspere's hiers should get royalty checks even though they guy has been dead nearly 400 years?