Under current copyright law, if someone stumbled across the missing suitcase of Hemingway’s short stories (described in my post below) and his heirs decided — as they surely would — to publish them, how long would the copyright last?
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Relax, You Already Have a Copyright
February 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Copyright
Many artists operate under the mistaken belief that unless the copyright symbol © appears next to the title of their work, then their novels, screenplays, lyrics, poems, manuscripts and other assorted jottings aren’t protected by the copyright laws. Fortunately, this assumption — while historically accurate — no longer holds true today. Under the copyright laws [...]
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