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Originally Posted by majolo
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.)
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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.