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Originally Posted by HarryT
But some certainly do - eg the posthumous works of J.R.R. Tolkein edited and published by his son and literary executor, Christopher Tolkein. We certainly wouldn't have that without copyright protection. Much of it isn't especially interesting, certainly, but there are some real gems there.
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Well doesn't most of it come from unpublished notes that only he has access to?
So he is the only person who can create the new works, and once he does so he has his own copyright in those.