Thread: Orphaned books
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Old 11-23-2020, 09:46 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
So? In every other occupation, your family gets nothing after you die, why should being an author be different?
In many types of work, the person doing the work gets paid immediately and in full for the work that was done. The funds can therefore be used right away to feed the worker's kids, send the kids to college, set up a trust fund for them to inherit, or whatever.

Payment for a writer's work may be spread out over many years. Should the writer's kids not be able to receive the full benefit of their parent's work because the money came in over time instead of all at once?

I do think there should be some time limit on copyright - a while back we had a long thread discussing it and opinions on the proper length were all over the place. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ight=copyright
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