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>When the author burns their own book and forbids new ones from being made is the only time that it's acceptable to print new copies.

Do you mean acceptable from a legal point of view? Because I seriously doubt that it is.

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Without that view, we wouldn't have most of the works by Kafka.

No, the only issue raised by Kafka's request to burn his papers is whether or not the copyright passed to someone else on his death. All works eventually become public domain, regardless of the author's wishes, since people die and copyright has a time limit.

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