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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream
It's even uglier having someone publish something to the public and then acting as if it's still a private belonging. If you didn't want to share it, you should've just kept it to yourself.
I may be ruined and it may be a piece of art... All art forms are derived from previous ones, and if we want to act so protective about our work we will stop evolving very soon.
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Well that is precisely why Salinger became a recluse. Because after publishing Catcher he decided that he no longer wanted to share any more of his work, and he just wanted to continuing writing purely for himself. So he kept everything following that novel to himself. But now after his death, his private writings will no doubt be sought after and published in a series of lucrative formats. Which is the whole pinpoint of the controversy surrounding his death - he wanted to keep these works private but no doubt they'll surface now.
As for the whole movie thing, the main point is not whether people should be allowed to use his art to reproduce other adaptations, but the point that people are taking advantage of his death to make money and to do so.