Hi, On Thu, 23 Sep 2021 07:22:17 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
(...) > > But the law today gives me > > automatic copyright over what I write without additional public > > notice, I think for 90 years after I die. > > Something like that, but doesn't sound quite right (wish I had a better > memory). Previously copyrighted works are coming into the "public > domain" year by year, about 95 years after -- oh, maybe it is after the > author's death? Maybe there is an alternate path to copyright > expiring? Not sure how it works if a corporation owns a copyright -- I > don't think it is perpetual. according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_lengths it's typically Life + 70 years in the U.S., the U.K. and the E.U. (though, depending on the country, in some cases copyright duration may be different); in other countries from a quick glance the range seems to be from 0 (Marshall Islands), Life (Kosovo) to Life + 100 years (Mexico), with Life + 50 years and Life + 70 years being the most common. Have a nice day, Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Power is danger. -- The Centurion, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2
