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Originally Posted by HarryT
The same is true for a book. Unless it continues to be printed, sold and marketed, the heirs will not make any money.
I think it would be a significant disincentive for many authors to be told that they could not make financial provision for their family after their death. We might disagree about how long that provision should continue (personally I think 70 years is too long), but I'm strongly in favour of the principle that an author's dependents should continue to benefit after the author's death.
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The heirs have the money the author made in his/her lifetime, just as my heirs will have the money I make in my lifetime. My heirs will not benefit from my skills and effort after my death, so why should the author's heirs?