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Originally Posted by Billi
There is also another thing that makes having copyrights after the author has died a good thing: copyright is not only about making money but also about being able to decide how and where and if at all the work of an artist will be distributed. It includes the publication of such things as diaries, private letters and unpublished works that now can be kept being handled according to the wishes of the artist and not the public.
And it involves the unchangeability of a work.
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You raise a very good point there, Billi. If all the works of an author fell into the public domain instantly upon death, that would permit the unrestricted publication of things like private letters and diaries against the wishes of the family. Families do have a right to privacy.