"It would be useful to know the percentage of young people who identify with the German extreme right," he wrote.

Beckett's German rights expire in 2059, 70 years after his death.

Industry executives said he received $567,000 for the German rights alone.

"Hail, stranger," said a man's voice in German right behind him.

It hasn't made any difference to foreign publishers: among others, a German company just paid $280,000 for German rights.

Its current debacle has therefore opened the possibility of a troubling void on the German right.

Not everybody in the parties of the German nationalist right is confined to a wheelchair.

Industry executives say the German rights alone fetched $567,000.

There are even options for running the system in English, French or German right out of the box.

This means that the German right of participation is being flouted.