Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

From: Albert Henderson <NobleStation[_at_]compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:52:15 -0400

On Tue, 04 Aug 1998, Karsten M. Self <kmself[_at_]ix.netcom.com> wrote: 

>

> While I'd argue for a significant time period before permanent lapse
> of copyright to an author, preferably several years, my general
> feeling is that if the author cannot find a publisher willing to
> publish a work, then there probably is little or no commercial
> interest in it.

The Hubbard estate waited for years to negotiate a satisfactory deal for the Conan series in the U.S. It was in paperback in Britain. The Hubbard estate opposed specilized sci-fi book dealers' unauthorized importing. Conan ended up not only in print but in the movies.

With an authorized investor, the series enjoyed far more marketing and distribution than it had with bootleggers and pirates.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com Received on Mon Aug 10 1998 - 14:53:37 GMT

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