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Mop, copyright laws have changed over the years.

Posted by zork Nov 26 '12, 13:24

at the time he died I expect it was life+50

currently, it might be +90 or more. there have been calls by some to make it +125.

also, you do not have to wait for c/r to expire to create derivative works, although if someone has trademarked the characters, then you probably cannot do it.

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Fitzgerald's works entered the public domain last year. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 26, 13:33
and if assigned to a corp (disney) then they never expire -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 26, 13:27 7
- unless you are in the Schuster or Siegel family, then you can go back every decade no matter what the courts previously ruled :((((( -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 13:30
- Corps are moot. Copyright law keeps getting extended because Disney doesn't want to lose control of Mickey Mouse. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 26, 13:30 3
  - Which is absurd. Mickey is trademarked and they wouldn't lose control of him. They would lose control of early films and shorts, not the characters - TWuG Nov 26, 13:38 2
    - *nods* copyrights are not renewable (see my post below for the exception) but trademarks are. -- nm - zork Nov 26, 13:41 1
      - NBC had to do this to It's A Wonderful Life's soundtrack to get it out of public domain about a decade ago -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 13:43
- uh no. Last time I checked (some years ago), it was a straight 75 years. -- nm - zork Nov 26, 13:28 1
  - Current terms are Life+70 (if published since 1978) or ... - zork Nov 26, 13:39
It pleases me that it was mop that raised the question. -- nm - Spawn Nov 26, 13:26

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