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Tintin was Belgian. So does it go into the public domain everywhere? Could copyright owners in other countries go after you in the US?

• sumtechguy 2y ago
  This explains the US landscape. https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain Belgians would have to look up their local version of that. But to answer your question is it depends on the country. Les say one country has 100 years. Another has 50. It is now year 75. In the 50 year country and you make a derivative you are fine. But take that same thing to the 100 year country then you might be in trouble. But only if you bring the stuff into that country. Now others may import it but that is on them not you. But you might have to prove that out in court. Also in the US sound recordings can bet more tricky as there are also state laws that come into play.
  • dhosek 2y ago
    The state law stuff only applies to unpublished sound recordings. Anything published has copyright terms fixed by federal law (although the terms differ from other copyrightable works which I did not know before googling this matter), but for the next couple decades-ish, sound recordings enter the public domain 100 years after publication.
• aetherson 2y ago
  It goes into public domain in the US in this case. In other countries it may remain copyrighted or already have been in public domain, depending on local laws. In general, countries can't/don't enforce their laws outside of their territories, with lots of nuance and boundry cases. There is zero chance that someone would "go after you" for, say, buying a copy of a Tintin book that was made without permission, in America. If you, say, wanted to publish a Tintin book and then export it to Europe, they might disallow it.
  • anthk 2y ago
    You can always publish and edit the comics over RDP/VNC and sell them online.