Re: Copyright of Choreography

On Wed, 14 May 1997, David Swarbrick <david[_at_]swarb.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> Isn't James Joyce one of those who lapsed and are now back in copyright?

Maybe some of his works, those post-1922, have been revived. Ulysses in particular was first published in the U.S. in serial form in 1918. I don't know if that included the Molly Bloom monologue. The full book was first published in France in 1922 and then in the U.S. in 1934.

The serial parts are clearly public domain today. As to the full book, notwithstanding the URAA restoration provisions, if the French publication started the copyright clock going, that copyright will expire, even subject to restoration, at the end of this year . I also note that no notice of intent to enforce has been filed for Ulysses.

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