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Originally Posted by bevdeforges
I'm all for the author benefiting from his or her creation during their lifetime. Not so keen on endowing the heirs with long-lasting benefits....
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David Foster Wallace was 46 when he committed suicide. Under different circumstances, he could have stayed alive for another 35-40 years. His best-selling book,
Infinite Jest, was only out for 12 years before he died.
Should his family not receive any benefit from his works after his death?
Should every work he wrote go into public domain at the moment of his early demise?
Should his family not get anything for any posthumous work the estate chooses to publish? Even if the estate had to hire someone to put it together, edit and market it?