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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Writers are entirely free to pass down their earnings and assets to their children/legatees, just like anyone else.
A government-granted limited time monopoly on reproducing their work is one of their assets and may be passed on.
There is no natural right to have the government restrain people (on pain of fines and prison) from printing books.
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And said government has the right to set the terms of that time-limited monopoly.