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Originally Posted by Harmon
No, it's not. The book does not belong to him. What belongs to him is the right to commercial exploitation of the book.
When the copyright owner fails to exploit his copyright, it should be regarded as abandoned property, and revert to the general public.
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Doesn't "the right to commercial exploitation" include the right to choose NOT to commercially exploit it? Are you suggesting, for example, that anyone who keeps a private diary should be forced to publish it?