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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I thought freedom of the press gave people the right to speak up in public without being censored or persecuted by the government.
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That sounds like freedom of speech.
Good press stories tend to have lots of quotes. If publishers and authors have to pay almost everyone they quote (copyright covers not just writings, but also most speeches), or retreat to paraphrase, this would greatly diminish the value to me of their reduced news coverage.
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Please, explain to me how Random House refusing to pay money under contract has anything to do with government censoring of the press.
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You mean that I should speculate what my views would be if a valid legal contract, that, AFAIK, only exists in the imagination of posters on this thread, did exist? My view would be that Bertelsmann should stop signing such contracts.
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Peoples' private thoughts are often something they don't want broadcast to the world.
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Often yes, but often no. Here's something on the convoluted history of these diaries:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/hi...s-1530789.html
As for less notorious, but equally prominent, people, as they get on in years, they often arrange for their diaries to go to a university archive. On the other hand, there have been cases where prominent people burned their diaries. I'm posting about cases where they weren't burned.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I highly doubt the question of whether their heirs would be paid for it ever crosses their mind.
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In this instance, I agree, since the gentleman in question ordered his direct heirs to be killed.