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Old 09-29-2009, 05:25 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by bill_mchale View Post
....it should protect the estate of an author who is unfortunate enough to die shortly after the publication of a work.
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I still can't understand why...



I'd like a copyright linked to the author's life, and not transferable to nobody else (especially not to firms, establishmets or corporations...).

To die at 25 is a tragedy whatever the job is.
But we should not deprive the entire world from a PD property just in case...
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