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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
Its not your art to lose. Its not anyone's art until that author is willing to expose it. I'm an attorney, and I can't really think outside of that schema anymore. I see rights that the author has to choose to divest how he wishes. I don't see this view that some are taking that as soon as pen has gone to paper that its art for all to consume even if the author did not wish it. Its a self-centered point of view to my mind. I am still waiting for someone here to convince me otherwise.
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So legally speaking, if I find a novel manuscript in my grandfather's things, and he never even told any of us that he wrote it, do I have the legal right to publish it? Or maybe his diary - a document that was obviously intended to be private? (clearly ethics and laws are two different questions)