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Originally Posted by xg4bx
if you've got a contract for your book then you already got paid for it. why should your kids be entitled to continue receiving profits from a job that was completed and that you already received payment for?
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No, they are not. You haven't already been paid for it. A contract for a book doesn't mean that you have been paid. You might get an advance, or you might not.
If you think that an author has been paid for the work once they have signed the contract, then why have royalties at all? If you shouldn't be paid for work you've already paid for, then authors shouldn't be paid royalties.
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i just don't think their heirs are entitled to profit in perpetuity from their writing.
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I clearly said that I was NOT in favor of perpetual copyright, and that I would prefer the copyright period to be shorter.
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an author who writes solely in hopes that they're setting up a gravy train for their kids isn't one i'd like to support anyway.
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Yes, an author who wants to keep a roof over their kid's heads is must be an awful writer.
