Extending the 50 year period so that the companies can make profits, even after the artist might be dead, is morally reprehensible.
Look at for example how a small sample of one obscure record by The Winstons led to so much new music through the Amen break - Opening up recordings after 50 years has the potential to stimulate that kind of growth, creativity and innovation again.
Of course, underground producers are going to sample with impunity as they always have, but it is a shame to imagine inventive new music never being able to be released because a tiny arist/label can't afford to clear samples.
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