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The issue discussed in TFA is not copyright, but how long copyrights should apply before they expire. Is 73 years after an author's death long enough?
by rthomas6 14y ago
The issue discussed in TFA is not copyright, but how long copyrights should apply before they expire. Is 73 years after an author's death long enough?
- wwweston 14y agoWell, clearly, without at least that period of time, Fitzgerald would not have thought writing Gatsby to be worth it, right?
- jopof 14y agoSarcasm still doesn't work on the Internet.
- jlgreco 14y ago1) I would love to hear you try to explain how that logically follows. 2) Copyright as it was when the book was written: It allowed for works to be copyrighted for a period of 28 years from the date of publication. Like the Copyright Act of 1790 before it, the copyrighted work could be renewed once for a second term of equal value.
- Tiktaalik 14y agoAt that time, assuming that I'm correct and the relevant legislation was the Copyright act of 1909, the term was 28 years, and one could renew once for additional 28 years. http://www.kasunic.com/1909_act.htm http://www.kasunic.com/1909_act.htm