The vast majority of artists struggle to make even a living wage. Many successful artists only become financially so late in life, if ever, and were often in ex

The vast majority of artists struggle to make even a living wage. Many successful artists only become financially so late in life, if ever, and were often in extreme poverty until that happened. Cormac McCarthy is a good example. Is it really fair to their estate to cease all protection of their works just because they died? Is Apple going to relinquish control over patents and the products they protect when their inventors die?