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There is a long history in literature of ignoring author’s wishes: for example, we wouldn’t know of Kafka if Max Brod hadn’t ignored his instructions to destroy
by marbletiles 3y ago
There is a long history in literature of ignoring author’s wishes: for example, we wouldn’t know of Kafka if Max Brod hadn’t ignored his instructions to destroy the manuscripts of The Castle, the Trial and others.
(I’m not saying this makes it right, but there’s a long precedent for it happening)
- mananaysiempre 3y agoNot only in literature: many things published as Op. posth. in music are also unauthorized—e.g. Chopin’s Fantasie-Impromptu was posthumously released against the explicit wishes of the author. (Contemporary French copyright law prohibits that for unpublished works—in perpetuity, IIRC.)