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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Harry, Please explain to me why copyright, separate from all other forms of human economic endevour, should allow the harvesting of money after death as part of it's existence. You can't get it from any form of labor, nor from patent. (We can quibble over trademark.)
Why are copyrights so special?
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It's not "separate from all other forms of human endeavour". If you buy shares in a company, you can leave those shares to your family, who will be able to "harvest money" from them after your death. An author's legacy to his family is the income from his books.