Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
One reason that copyright is automatic is to provide protection against something being published without the author's permission. eg, if you write a diary, you have a right that it should remain private until 70 years after your death.
|
That won't work -- in case the author of a diary passes a way the heirs decide whether to publish or not. I do not even think that forbidding to publish in a will can legally prevent publishing by the heirs. The author can decide during his live time, not after.
Thinking about this issue -- anyone who knows what happens with copyright when one goes bankrupt? Would you loose it? Do creditors have ask for transfer?