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I can see how this could be argued for published work, why should it apply to something unpublished? Should all of their personal correspondence be released too
by bidirectional 5y ago
I can see how this could be argued for published work, why should it apply to something unpublished? Should all of their personal correspondence be released too?
- greyface- 5y agoWhether it is released or not is orthogonal to whether it is still protected by copyright.
- pmoriarty 5y ago"Should all of their personal correspondence be released too?" I think it should, since after they're dead it's no longer their correspondence, since they no longer exist. Dead people have neither property rights, nor privacy rights nor any other kinds of interests that should be protected by law.
- EarthLaunch 5y agoSeems like a perverse incentive for murder. Also, a living person could just assign rights to another entity/person to carry them on after death. So it’s not that simple.