[JeremyR]

Originally Posted by wallcraft

I agree, and in principle it is also the authors right to never publish it again in electronic form.

I would actually disagree with this. According to the Constitution, the whole point of copyright (or IP) is:

to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

Or in other words, the whole basis of copyright law is to balance the rights of creators with the the good of civilization as a whole.

While I wouldn't say that would be the case here, what if Shakespeare decided he never wanted any of his stuff published, ever? Wouldn't that have hurt society dramatically? William Shatner would never have become famous, since there would have been no Star Trek...