You're correct, they count as new works. But that's not what's stated here, it's referring to all works whether reworked or not. Chaplin died in 1977, so depen

You're correct, they count as new works. But that's not what's stated here, it's referring to all works whether reworked or not. Chaplin died in 1977, so depending on a country's copyright laws his films are likely to remain in copyright until 2067. That means a 1918 Chaplin film will remain in copyright for 149 years. As I said, this is an outrageous abuse of copyright. With such unreasonable copyright laws in place it's no wonder that so many just ignore them.