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A reference for the fact that the only daughter of a deceased person has the right to publish his works?
Situation: a scientist who was fatally ill asked his only daughter to publish his work which he (the father) had finished but not had time to publish. But he did not leave this request in writing. In submitting the work for posthumous publication, a publisher is demanding proof that she has this right. She can provide proof that she is the deceased's daughter, but she needs also to cite a regulation that indicates that the only offspring has the right to publish the parents' works. Since the publisher is an American concern, it would obviously need to be a regulation in the American legal system.
Note: please do not merely tell me that she has this right, since I already know that. Also please do not just give me a link to something like Wikipedia. I need a definite link to an authoritative source.
Thank you.
So far, the only answer merely said that the question was unnecessary. It did not answer the question. Yes, it is logical that the daughter should be able to publish the father's works, but welcome to the world of bureaucracy, where logic has only a limited domain. That answer indicates that ownership is sufficient, but this is intellectual property we are talking about here, and inheritance laws only cover material property as far as I am aware. Perhaps it will turn out to be superfluous, but the regulation nonetheless probably exists somewhere. The question stands.
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- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
"She can provide proof that she is the deceased's daughter, but she needs also to cite a regulation that indicates that the only offspring has the right to publish the parents' works. "
Why wouldn't she? If she doesn't have the right to publish it then who does? I don't think a specific regulation needs to exist. If she owns the work, she has the right to publish it.