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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Someone who works for a living, and then retires with a pension - when they finally die the money stops.
Why should an author/artist have a continuing money-stream after they are, also, dead?
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Because writing a book is like building a house for the purposes of rent: the income from it only starts after the "work" is complete. If you own a house that you rent out, should it be confiscated by the state when you die, so that your dependants and heirs no longer receive the rental income?