can’t IP be sold to a company that is “alive” for as long as it’s financially viable.
I always wonder when copyright runs out for artist who sold their collections to companies.
can’t IP be sold to a company that is “alive” for as long as it’s financially viable.
I always wonder when copyright runs out for artist who sold their collections to companies.
> I always wonder when copyright runs out for artist who sold their collections to companies.
This question is straightforward to answer with a single web search, so if you "always wonder" try looking.
In this case it's the creator, not the owner.
what if the creator is a company? They are allowed to hold copyrights.
Though one answers is: 95/120 years.
"If the work is a joint work, the term lasts for seventy years after the last surviving author’s death. For works made for hire and anonymous or pseudonymous works, copyright protection is 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter"
https://www.copyright.gov/what-is-copyright/
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What is "financially viable"? Just hoarding copyrighted materials and not distributing them in order to create artificial scarcity could meet that criteria.