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I think that the right to produce copies of a work should require that said copies be made and made available for purchase. If a publisher finds it not in their interest to keep a work in print, then the rights should revert to the author. If the author is no more, then the work should fall into the public domain. Making the right to copy itself a marketable commodity is a part of the problem. It is treating the copyright like mineral/oil rights, that can be bought and sold with nothing of value being produced.
Luck;
Ken
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