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> Fitzgerald wrote what he did expecting the copyright protections available at the time. Well, OK. That just proves he didn't need 70 to "forever less one day
by wwweston 14y ago
> Fitzgerald wrote what he did expecting the copyright protections available at the time.
Well, OK. That just proves he didn't need 70 to "forever less one day" in order to write it.
But the evidence is strongly on the side that he needed at least 50 years. I mean, did you see him writing Gatsby before the 1909 copyright act? No, you didn't, because before that, he'd have somewhere around 40 piddling years of copyright protection. But the 1909 act passes and sure enough, Gatsby comes out less than 15 years later.
- Jtsummers 14y agoHow is that evidence? Considering that much of the content of the book was based on the time it was written and published in, it would not have been written in 1909. Is my sarcasm detector off? Or are you just a really bizarre troll?
- jlgreco 14y agoAre you for real? Fitzgerald did not right the Great Gatsby before 1909 because in 1909 he was 13 years old. If you have any sources about Fitzgerald's take on copyright terms I would love to read them, but without that you have absolutely no basis with which to say that there is "strong evidence" that he required more than 50 years.
- wiredfool 14y agoIf you sit on a novel or other creative work worth mentioning in any short list of the Great American $foo because 40 years of protection isn't enough, then you're not an artist. As if 10 more years makes the difference between releasing and not releasing a great work of art. I'll also point out that it's hard to write about the roaring '20s before the Copyright act of 1909.
- derleth 14y ago> I'll also point out that it's hard to write about the roaring '20s before the Copyright act of 1909. Through Copyright, All Things Are Possible! Hail Copyright!
- wwweston 14y ago> I'll also point out that it's hard to write about the roaring '20s before the Copyright act of 1909. Yep. It's almost as if such an argument would be too absurd to take seriously.
- jopof 14y agoSarcasm doesn't work on the Internet.
- noptic 14y agoAre you positive that this is a internet issue? I think it is a user problem.
- darkarmani 14y agoThat's why Windows 3.11 wasn't written until after the Sunny Bono act. Just think if we had strong copyright in the 50s. That's probably why we don't have flying cars yet.