> Presumably, once the copyright is allowed to expire, it can't be sold and then reinstated. Derivative works have their own copyrights. The original book is f

> Presumably, once the copyright is allowed to expire, it can't be sold and then reinstated. Derivative works have their own copyrights. The original book is free for grabs but each movie franchise has it's own copyrights. Likely far more valuable and ones the original artist will never see a cent from.