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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?'"
> You make that sound as if it's a problem, but I'd guess that things would look much better if everybody
> who's just in it for the money quit making tables.
Let's say I'm not in it "for the money".
Let's say I make tables because I love working with wood.
Don't I *STILL* need to sell them for money?
How can I spend all day carving if I don't have any cash?
And if I spend all day carving, how else am I going to make money other than selling the things I make?