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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Copyright isn't property right, it's simply a government granted time limited monopoly on copying with rights and obligations on both sides. The whole point is to make such works available to the public. If a rights holder isn't making it available, then they aren't keeping up their side of the bargain.
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Copyright law gives the rights-holder the right to choose whether or not to publish. It's what lets you keep your private diary private, for example, should someone try to publish it without your permission. It's a two-way street: choose to publish or choose not to publish. As the rights-holder it's your (and nobody else's) decision to make.