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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
What about the other 99+% of the people out there? They don't get royalties for their work. How do they take care of their kids?
Maybe I'm just a blockhead, but going forth in the world and making one's own way in the world is one of the joys of life. Should you deny your children's right to make their own life, good or bad; to be able to say "I did this with my own abilities"? I've known several multi-millionaire's children my age, and their greatest concern has been to find a way to show that they had talent too, and were not just propped up by Grandpa's wealth....
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My point was that if it is fair to leave children money or a house, a copyright is essentially the same thing. The only difference perhaps, is that with a copyright you have "potential' for making money, whereas money is already money and a house is a house. A child could work to sell the film rights, the ebooks rights or continue to market the book, keep it in print, etc. The child may not be of working age either and a small royalty might mean a few hundred dollars every month or so.
Sure, there's an issue with gaining through inheritance versus working for what you earn/deserve, but in reality most books do not produce so very much money that children are at risk of living high off an author's profits.
I don't know any multi-millionaires or children of such. I don't even know any wealthy authors. Allowing the copyright to be owned by the children is just not a bad thing and in no way justifies pirating copies.
Just my opinion of course.