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Originally Posted by kane
And that has nothing to do with copyright. It is all about the contract they signed. If they choose to give up those rights, that is their decision.
If they don't like the deal they can go elsewhere. There is no law that says you have to be allowed to make any movie you want or that you have to be allowed to record the exact album you want. You sign a contract, you have to deal with the good and bad parts of it.
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Respectfully it does have everything to do with copyright. While yes it has to do with the deal as well, think for a moment. You are a band and a label wants to sign you and trasfer copyright ownership. There is no law that states you must transfer it but if you want to get signed, you are forced by the label to give up that ownership or you do not get signed.
If copyright for 14 years were enforced, it would force people to actually put some actual thought and effort into their work that should in principle raise the overall value of their product. Do you ever wonder why patents have a significantly lesser life than copyrights? It would prevent corporations from repackaging the same shit every couple years like Disney does with their vault shit. Yes it's excellent and brilliant marketing but one that will enable Disney to continue making money long after many of us are dead and gone.