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So could some of these works concievably enter into public domain before 2114 in some countries? Or will they be a bit of a Schroedinger's Cat until they're published--at which point they would immediately enter the public domain (depending on the age of the author and the Life+ xx-ness of copyright length in various countries of course)?
Are they just considered personal documents until 2114? Or are they books with guaranteed publishing contracts before they go in the vault? |
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They're just personal documents until they are actually published so the copyright clock doesn't start running until 2114 and won't run out till 2184. That is assuming it gets published at all.
If it does, it'll be like this novelty: http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Twentiet.../dp/034542039X |
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Ah... I see.
Just another way to extend the life of a literary estate, then. |
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I'm sure the CRTC will ensure that Atwood is read by Canada'a children for centuries to come.
Overall my opinion is that this doesn't affect me in the slightest. There are millions of future voices I will never hear in my lifetime and too many that I currently have to listen to too often. When disaster happens and the holding mechanism is destroyed along with everything inside, will we cry tears for books that never really existed? Will we lose the one piece of knowledge that was written that could save mankind from itself? I sense a premise for a story that might already have been written. |
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While not related to the Future Library, CBC's The Next Chapter is featuring an interview with Margaret Atwood on her book of short stories "Stone Mattress: Nine Tales". You can listen to the episode @ http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/epi...d-tom-rachman/
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Is that really the way it works in the US? In most of Europe, the initial publication of a work that would otherwise be in the public domain gets a one-time, non-renewable, 25-year copyright term. Given that Ms Atwood is currently 74 years old, and hence almost certain to be in the public domain in 2114 (assuming a life+70 copyright term), that would be the case for this work.
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So...can I pre-order it?
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That is how I read the legalese: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html It could also be 95 or 120 years depending on who is listed as owner of the ip when published. (Shrug) I know a couple of ERB books published in the 80's are still under copyright. Last edited by fjtorres; 09-08-2014 at 12:19 PM. |
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Ooo, thanks. I don't read reviews or follow the careers of authors - even those I love - so I never really found out about things like this unless someone points me in the right direction. |
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For example, the manuscripts could be published with commentary by university professors in an anthology with rights assigned to the university. (Think of annotated editions of classics with full copyright owned by the annotator.) Until it is first publicly distributed, the "authorship" of record is undetermined and subject to gaming. |
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What will these future generations discover that they can't discover from all the other texts that are written ourdays?
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