Hi Daniel:
I read it the same way. If I got it right current
copyright protects an author's work from the moment it
is created. Old copyright law protected a n author's
work from the moment it was made publicly accessible
for 70 years.
John
--- Daniel Ferrer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> >
> > James Joyce comes out of copyright at the start of
> 2012.
>
> What about his (important!) unpublished manuscripts?
> According to
> some sources, they will come out of copyright at the
> same moment.
> According to the flowchart posted by James Cummins
> (http://
> www.museumscopyright.org.uk/private.pdf) we will
> have to wait until
> the end of 2039, if I read it well.
> Other informed opinions?
> Daniel Ferrer
John N. Lupia III
New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon
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