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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Passing along copyright doesn't make son the author.
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Copyright is granted to the author. So by passing on the copyright to the son, you are granting a non-author the rights of an author. In effect, you are making the son the author.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
It simply passes along the rights to any earnings from the book while the rights last.
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Ah, no. It passes on the
potential earnings from the book.
When the father dies, does the company he works for pay the son the salary the father would have made had the father lived?
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
But you agree son can inherit the bank account. With copyright inherited, he gets income earned by Dad's books that go into the bank account.
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You are still confused between copyright and property right.