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In response to "Their last copyrights expire in 2022 and 2023. It might be "This is our last chance to file legal papers!" -- nm" by crash davis

Lawyers, I thought things went into public domain a certain number of years after the death of the author. What's different here? (NM)

Posted by Marlowe Dec 22 '20, 06:30

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Most of it is already in the public domain. The last few stories go public in two years. So they claimed the last few stories were a different Holmes. -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 06:33 4
- That I got, but since the author is the same, why didn't everything go public at the same time? (NM) - Marlowe Dec 22, 06:39 3
  - It is based on date of publication. -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 06:45 2
    - It's all in the public domain in the UK but US has different length of copyright. - LMS Dec 22, 07:02 1
      - That inside is funny. And thanks for the clarification! -- nm - crash davis Dec 22, 07:10

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