I wonder how hard they would press an estate. It’s bad PR to go after widows and surviving children, and the data has already escaped.
This is something they’d want to settle quietly, so the family would have leverage.
This is something they’d want to settle quietly, so the family would have leverage.
The book publishers might actually be the bigger problem. They'd have civil copyright infringement claims with giant statutory damages.
Do you think they care? People with cancer are often laid off from companies. Sometimes a bit after their diagnosis becomes known to the company.