Re: literature copyright laws and public domain

On Fri, Feb 25, 2000, Bernard Katz <bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Sylvie Fodor <s.fodor[_at_]akg.de> wrote:
> >
> > E.A. Poe died in 1849, so his work is in the public domain. The
> > screenplay you will make based on this tale will be copyrighted --
> > yourself being the copyright owner.
>
> Except for Poe's posthumously published works, some of which may
> still be protected depending on the date(s) of publication and/or
> registration...

... so for a class of works, copyright extends from something other than date of authorship?

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