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Originally Posted by rcentros
So, should grandchildren of business owners be forced to give up their grandfather's business? Tolkien made the bulk of his money (in later years) by writing and selling his books. Rockefeller made a lot of his money selling gas. Why should he be able to pass down his assets to his heirs while Tolkien shouldn't be able to do so? Should business assets go into the public domain, after the death of the company founder, plus 50 years? Why do we undervalue the livelihood of writers?
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You understand that the vast majority of grandchildren of business owners have to work to maintain the business, right? What do the grandchildren of famous authors have to do to maintain their ancestor's copyright? If they had to, at the very least, pay a fee to renew the copyright every few years, I wouldn't have an issue with it.
Shari