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Originally Posted by Fuzz
This is an issue that harkens back to unending copywrite. Nobody would be worried about residuals if this stuff wasn't worth anything after 10 or 20 years. The model would be that a studio would know they could make money back over a set number of years, and then they'd pay everyone appropriately for the job at the time. No residuals or anything. You write an episode? You get your $2 grand or whatever. Same for actors and everyone else.
I don't get why artists and their families collect money decades after the artist's death. How many here get payed for work they did 20 years ago? Still making money off that 5 gallons of gas granpappy sold? I'm guessing very few. So why do these creative arts generate revenue this way(and only modern ones)? It's bizarre, and also all Disney's fault.
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Because works continue to generate revenue. You cant copy granpappy's initial 5 gal of gas and sell it to others. Why wouldnt creators continue to profit of off a product that they created and is re-sold and used to generate revenue for the buyer?