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I still don't get it. Why should they profit off the work of someone else? The author is dead, they don't need to sustain themselves. Their family are adults
by amrocha 3y ago
I still don't get it. Why should they profit off the work of someone else?
The author is dead, they don't need to sustain themselves.
Their family are adults and can sustain themselves. If they can't, then that's why the author invested and got a pension or life insurance for. One extra book at the end wouldn't make a difference.
Unless, of course, the author is very successful and wealthy and their family isn't concerned with survival, just with profits.
- t-writescode 3y agoBecause collectively, as a society, for a long, long time and a long time ago too, we've thought that they should profit off that work; and, in general, the consensus is that they should.
- amrocha 3y agoThat's not really a reason, and it's not even true. Some people a long time ago decided that. "We" didn't decide that, and certainly not collectively. I don't think the popular consensus is that copyright is good either.
- therealdrag0 3y agoWhy are their family adults?
- amrocha 3y agoBecause the implication in this thread is an author dying of old age, therefore their kids should already be adults