Re: literature copyright laws and public domain

On Tue, Feb 29, 2000, Karsten M. Self <kmself[_at_]ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2000, Bernard Katz <bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca> wrote:
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> > 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?

Yes, in addition to the date of authorship, the date of first publication may be relevant to the determination of the duration of copyright, but this generally relates to works created but not published before 1978. (I do not if the specific works referred to by Poe fit this class of works). see 17 USC 303

Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
http://www.cyberspaces.org/
rod[_at_]cyberspaces.org Received on Wed Mar 01 2000 - 11:49:40 GMT