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Originally Posted by Format C:
And it brings the whole question about why authors should be entitled to such a privilege while every other worker in every other field is not.
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That's not really true. If you're a builder, you can build a house, and leave that house to your heirs. If you're a carpenter, you can make a warehouse full of chairs, which your heirs can sell after your death. The point about writing a book (or composing a symphony, or any other creative work) is that you don't get any money at all until it's finished. You're not paid a salary - the royalty payments are your salary. It seems reasonable to me that they should form a part of your estate.