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10-26-2007, 01:37 AM
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Perhaps a morbid question...
...but it's the sort of thing I think of. If a satellite falls out of the sky and lands on me before I get my book published (which, after all, may very well happen) can I designate someone to publish it for me?
Thank you.
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10-26-2007, 01:50 AM
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The rights to your book get passed along the same as anything else you own, i.e., through your will.
So, yes.
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10-26-2007, 02:01 AM
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Confederacy of Dunces anyone?
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10-26-2007, 03:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Athlynne
...but it's the sort of thing I think of. If a satellite falls out of the sky and lands on me before I get my book published (which, after all, may very well happen) can I designate someone to publish it for me?
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What does it matter? Would you really be in any position to care?
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Last edited by The Backward OX : 10-26-2007 at 06:18 AM.
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10-26-2007, 06:08 AM
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Yea after Tolkien died, his son published a lot of his remaining work.
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10-26-2007, 06:32 AM
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Are you likely to have a satellite fall on you head, or have you watched too many Zurich Insurance ads?
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10-26-2007, 09:41 PM
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I remember reading something about writers and their works after they die... it was about protecting a deceased writers works and making sure that the proper people benefit from it.
The main point it made was to make sure that you designate a person in your will to own and control the copyright to the works that you have written, especially the unpublished ones.
I forget where I saw this, but I am sure I can find it again... I will do some looking around and post the link.
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10-27-2007, 12:26 AM
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Your unpublished works become part of your estate and can left to whomever you designate in your will. You could, if you have a decent sized life insurance, have it noted in the will for the book to be self published and distributed to your friends and family later.
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10-28-2007, 03:52 AM
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Thank you, all.
I agree, the satellite thing is unlikely, but when I go, I'm sure it will be in an odd way. 
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11-02-2007, 12:34 PM
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Damn, you beat me to the Confederacy reference. It was the first thing that jumped into my mind as well. He did kill himself, though. Not exactly a freak satellite mortality.
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11-04-2007, 05:36 AM
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A satellite wouldn't survive re-entry.
You fail.
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11-04-2007, 06:49 AM
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Though you would be dead and it wouldn't matter the rights pass on like a will. To your wife, kids, then parents. In that order I think.
I think you have been watching too many Zurich insurance ads.
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11-05-2007, 04:40 AM
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Sounds like it.
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11-05-2007, 05:58 AM
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I scoured the web for the video of the advert but cannot find it  |
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11-07-2007, 05:30 AM
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Basically a guy parks his car right at the back of the carpark because he doesn't want any accidents to happen. As he walks away a satellite falls on it. Simple as that really.
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