Power to the peo-POLL: The John Lennon Hits Poll

So adding Yoko extends the copyright by at least 37 years.

also on the subject of her influence; the original design of the 1964 Grapefruit isn't.. a million miles away from a certain album

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That's not how creative copyright works, is it? It's not the heir, it's 70 years after the death of its author. From the Washington Post:

Adding Ono to the credits of “Imagine” is significant in part because it would extend the amount of time the song would be able to reap income for its creators, as Variety pointed out. A song enters the public domain 70 years after the death of its last songwriter.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:14 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ah ha HA!

Which also explains why "Happy Birthday to you" wasn't supposed to come out of copyright until 2030, despite its original authors writing it in 1893. Because it got 'reassigned' to some other people in 1933 or something. (They packed all that in, you can sing it for free now)