Big business out of control
The micro-budget film Tarnation directed by Jonathan Caouette and shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004, cost $400,000. The cost of making the film was around $200, the rest was fees for music and video clip royalties. It is time legislators put more restraints on greedy music and video companies.
Currently the author is protected by copyright until 70 years after their death in Europe and the USA (95 years for anonymous works and for works made for hire, such as films). Until the 1964, the length of copyright protection was 28 years, which seems long enough, don’t you think?