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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But your family would get nothing if the copyright want to PD upon death. Plus, the publisher has some rights.
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So? In every other occupation, your family gets nothing after you die, why should being an author be different? Just because some rich Frenchman got mad at the idea that someone, somewhere was making money on a book he wrote and he wasn't getting his cut?
I'm sure the publisher can keep publishing to the limit of the contract. In general, contracts are voided by the death of one of the parties. There are exceptions of course, it all depends on how the contract is written.