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Originally Posted by HarryT
I know nothing about the law in India, but in most countries, the tax affairs of citizens are private, so I would guess that the answer is "no".
The laws of the country in which the author lived would apply. Which country are you talking about?
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Any country which has an inheritance tax, Harry.
I'm just saying that if an inheritance tax on copyright exists, and the heirs don't bother to pay it, perhaps there should be a mechanism to indicate to society that the copyright on said work has lapsed with the death of the author and hence it is immediately in the public domain now. Otherwise it ends up a waste of 70 years (or 'x' years depending on country) where no one else publishes that work for under the false assumption that the copyright still exists.