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Old 08-12-2011, 12:34 PM   #7
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However, when he died, his novels were unpublished. He had just been a journalist who wrote in his spare time. For most people, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. He hadn't attempted to get them published until right before he died, wasn't seen as well off in life, so it only became a fight after the money started rolling in posthumously. Also, the will he made when he was 23 was invalidated under the claim it wasn't officially witnessed.
This is another point: wills can and will be contested when massive amounts of money are involved, alas.

But I only bring up Larsson to illustrate the larger point which is that privacy is (unfortunately) really more of a mythic ideal than a realistic option. I think instead of going after Google to remove people, we're going to have to institute stronger protections -- take abusers and threats seriously under the law and prevent employers from firing employees for actions not done on company time, etc.
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