Great Regulars: In these cases--where only one copy

of the work exists--the owners of the manuscript also find themselves in possession of its literature. Yet the two things ought not to be conflated. We can easily envisage an owner owning a manuscript while we collectively own and know the piece of literature it contains. But in the case of the works of Kafka that are lying in those safes, we're not allowed to do that. Both the manuscripts and the literature are in the possession of the owners.

from Michael Rosen: The Guardian: Owning manuscripts is one thing: owning the contents is quite another

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