Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:08:14 -0400

On 8/10/98, Albert Henderson <noblestation[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
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> 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.

Hubbard? The Conan stories were written by Robert E. Howard, and the property was administered by L. Sprague deCamp in the United States after Howard's death.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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