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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
and yes, the authors should be free to pass on *whatever money they earned while alive* to their spouses or children or local dog shelter. but copyright should not outlast them by 70 years. that's not the same at all.
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Is there really any fundamental difference between intellectual property and "physical" property? You seem to be saying that it's "OK" to pass on physical property to your heirs, but not intellectual property. Why do you make that distinction? Is intellectual property less "valued" than physical property? Is it less work to create it? I don't think it is!
If I build a house, I can pass on the ownership of that house to my children. You're saying that if, instead of building a house, I write a book, I shouldn't be allowed to pass on rights to income from the book to my children? Can you explain what the difference in the two situations is? I really can't see any!