> Supporting one's family is a major goal of many people. I’m sympathetic to the idea of providing some means of posthumous support to an author’s widow and ch

> Supporting one's family is a major goal of many people. I’m sympathetic to the idea of providing some means of posthumous support to an author’s widow and children. I’m rather less sympathetic when it manifests as an exclusive monopoly lasting well into the lifetime of the third, fourth, or even fifth generation of descendants.