> What? An heirloom by definition is something passed down in a family for generations.
Maybe if you paint a picture on a canvas you could call that physical canvas a heirloom. The copyrights associated with it have nothing to do with that. Anyone can produce a copy.
> If I created Mickey Mouse for example, why does my future offspring have to give away its rights
> I fail to see the logic of having a free-for-all on an artist's work
It's called our public domain rights. Our culture is ours and it belongs to everyone. That's the natural way of things. Public domain is the default.
We willingly chose to pretend that we can't copy and distribute your art infinitely at negligble cost so you could make some money and be rewarded for your efforts. We sure as hell didn't do that so you could have functionally infinite rent seeking all the way down to your grand children.
It's clear that you're not keeping up your public domain side of the bargain. Why should we keep up our end? We can just stop pretending that your art is artificially scarce. Suddenly, it ceases to be. Just like that.
> "It's clear that you're not keeping up your public domain side of the bargain."
Again, my argument doesn't retain to anything related to engineering and the like (eg. aviation software or an entire aircraft). I'm talking about stylized artwork for the sake of art... I'm saying very specific characters and such that would only be [legally] bought in the future purely as an investment, not to iterate or improve upon because the new owners are so passionate about any sort of paintings/drawings/etc.
Maybe if you paint a picture on a canvas you could call that physical canvas a heirloom. The copyrights associated with it have nothing to do with that. Anyone can produce a copy.
> If I created Mickey Mouse for example, why does my future offspring have to give away its rights
> I fail to see the logic of having a free-for-all on an artist's work
It's called our public domain rights. Our culture is ours and it belongs to everyone. That's the natural way of things. Public domain is the default.
We willingly chose to pretend that we can't copy and distribute your art infinitely at negligble cost so you could make some money and be rewarded for your efforts. We sure as hell didn't do that so you could have functionally infinite rent seeking all the way down to your grand children.
It's clear that you're not keeping up your public domain side of the bargain. Why should we keep up our end? We can just stop pretending that your art is artificially scarce. Suddenly, it ceases to be. Just like that.