I just had a flash of a movie exec wanting to make a movie based on a book, but thinks the author is asking too much, so he orders a hit on the author, knowing if the author dies the book goes out of copyright. (yeah, still stuck on copyright ending at death idea)
Hey, if the copyright is for a short enough time after death he can just quietly do the early work until said amount of time passes then come out guns blazing and start casting.
I'm so demented, I know.
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