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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
If your other half had signed a contract, why would his and his copyright's expiry annul it?
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I was playing on the 'copyright ends at death' scenario.
He could theoretically send the book out under his own name and get paid. He could send it out 'over the transom' and then lose all rights when the publisher finds out I am deceased and puts my work out without compensating him. Why would he do that? Because he wouldn't know any better and would think it was my last wish.
Quite frankly, if my family gets nothing from it I would say "forget you" and have my manuscript destroyed. I do not want publishers profiting when they get nothing.