Dear Friends<br><br>I read a news item that said that the Tamilnadu Government recently nationalised literary works of 27 authors and paid a compensation of nearly 1.65 crores. I request knowledgable people to tell me what does this mean?<br>
<br>One thing I can guess is that the author&#39;s wards get financial compensation and the objective appears to be promotion and preservation of Tamil Literature for posterity. How is this achieved?<br><br>From the copyright angle, do the titles go out of copyright such that anyone may copy without any further royalties being payable?<br>
<br>How about commercially successful authors like Sujatha? Can&nbsp;&nbsp; they (the wards) refuse to be bought by government?<br><br>How does the common man benefit?<br><br>Vyasamoorthy <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr P Vyasamoorthy, <br>
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