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Originally Posted by Shaggy
There's a big difference between saying children should inherit money that their parents already made, versus saying that children should retain a monopoly on their parent's coyrights.
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We're not just talking about money already made. What about stocks? What about property? I already noted the distinction with copyrights before. If an author were entirely paid a lump sum up front, that would be one thing, but since the value of their works is only fully realized by payment over time, copyrights must be established to protect that value. Or you can also think of it like collecting the parent's last paycheck after they've already died.