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Originally Posted by HarryT
Because these were private papers that only the Tolkien family had access to. There would have been no incentive for Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R.'s literary executor, to edit and publish without reasonable financial return for doing so. Lack of copyright protection would not have made these papers available to anyone else.
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Why, again? There's no copyright protection, so there's no profit to be made. Why would then he keep it all to himself or burn it down? Childish behaviour? Sadist revenge on mankind? "You made me suffer for lacking my father's talent and having had to go to medical school, now take that you lamers!"
Makes no sense. He would just give it away to fans anyway.