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I notice you made no effort to refute anything I said. This is probably because you can't. I'll make it simple.
Let us stipulate that copyright expires at a person's death, and that an author has a contract with a publisher, giving a 30% royalty.
The author dies, and at that moment, the book becomes public domain.
This means anyone can publish it.
Other publishers exist.
Any one of these publishers can sell the book, because it is in the public domain.
These other publishers are not bound by the contract between the author and the original publisher.
The other publishers do not have to pay royalties on this book.
Because they do not need to pay royalties, the other publishers can sell the book more cheaply than can the original publishers.
The original publisher will not be able to make money selling the book at all, and therefore, will not sell it.
Which of these premises do you disagree with? I don't need to take your withdrawal as victory, I know that I have facts and logic on my side.
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