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Old 01-05-2011, 06:14 PM   #88
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Originally Posted by majolo View Post
Tangentially to the topic of when copyright starts--

In 2010, Volume 1 of the Autobiography of Mark Twain was published, in accordance with his wishes. He specified that the work would be published (in 3 volumes) 100, 125, and 150 years after his death (I gather this from wikipedia). In the US, I understand copyright begins when the work is first "fixed". Am I right that this new (to the public) work is instantly PD? (Of course, commentary, introduction, etc. by U. of California Press would be under copyright.)
The content and elements that make it "new" are protected separately, and that edition is protected as a whole because of that. In other words, you can't photocopy that edition, etc. The source content's PD status does not change.
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