David W. Fenton wrote: [snip]> But they have no right to claim copyright on editions of works that
are out of copyright when the editions themselves are out of copyright (the copyright term in the edition itself is not the same length as that for the work, if I'm not mistaken).
I'm unclear on European copyright laws, but in the U.S. at least, there is no distinction in length of copyright terms for modern editions of P.D. works. Everything which is copyrighted receives the same copyright terms, original work or edition. The only differentiation in U.S. copyright law is between a copyright owned by a corporation (95 years) and that owned by a human (life plus 70 years).
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