On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:16:12AM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > A spouse might have some kind of special authority, but a random > descendent can't claim to have a more authoritative knowledge of the > author's intentions than anyone else in the world, so there's no > reason anyone should take any particular interest in the descendent's > interpretation. That's what I meant.
In the U.S., after the death of the copyright holder, copyright is controlled by whoever inherits it. Copyright eventually expires, but that won't make a difference for a long, long time. -- Raul