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So the UK government owns the rights to all the Richard Allen books?
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UK government cannot 'own' the rights to an author's work unless there is some law that says otherwise. Any royalties for a dead author goes to their estate. How the sales of books are administered depends on the contract with the publisher. In some cases, unless specifically mentioned, death with no heirs just means that the current contract continues until it reaches public domain (in the past, the author or his/her heirs had to apply for extensions). Residuals will continue into the author's estate and then, presumably, to the UK Treasury.