On Oct 1, 11:27 am, Duggy  wrote:
> On Oct 1, 1:19 am, Kathryn Huxtable 
> wrote:
>
> > On 2010-09-29 20:32:45 -0500, Duggy said:
> > > On Sep 30, 4:02 am, Joseph DeMartino
 wrote:
> > >> I think he is absolutely right about the whole idea of
"finishing" any
> > >> dead writer's work, and of course he has an absolute
right to decided
> > >> what should become of his own writing.
> > > Then we would have lost Kafka's The Trial.
> > > Rather than destroyed, I'd rather see them archived or published as
> > > unfinished works... so they exist, unaltered by other hands.
> > I agree, but it's his decision, if his wife honors it.
>
> If she honours it.
>
> It's only his decision if he starts burning now.
Having the right to make a decision is not the same thing as having
the ability to enforce that right. Harlan has the right to make this
decision, and I'm sure any grieving spouse would honour their spouse's
wishes unless there was an exceptionally good reason not to.
Unless there's some fundamental benefit to life from any particular IP
(e.g. a cure for cancer, alternative energy technology, etc.) then
normally its creator should be entitled to autonomy over what happens
to it. Personally I think it'd be a crying shame if Harlan's
unfinished works go to waste, but if they're just entertainment then
it should be his choice.
Matthew
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