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Originally Posted by kennyc
I tend to disagree. It's better to let nature take it's course rather than die struggling in our own garbage. Those works that are relevant and important will remain so of their own accord, those that have little relevance will fade away. This is how it should be.
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No, they will not. Since the author or survivors of the author can prohibit publishing for whatever reason they choose (and that has happened). So there is no mechanism that guarantee that work remains available. Also orphaned works seems not to be re-published since people are afraid of committing copyright infringement.