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Originally Posted by HarryT
Those of us in life+70 countries now have James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. That's surely worth celebrating.
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I think there's still some question on some of James Joyce's work (or at least some of the U.S. editions) in the U.S., Harry.
https://joycefoundation.osu.edu/joyc.../public-domain
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United States of America
For works published between 1923 and the end of 1977, 95 years after the year of first publication (provided that for editions published in the United States, the work was published with a copyright notice and copyright in works published between 1923 and the end of 1963 was renewed). The following is a non-exhaustive list of examples:
Pomes Penyeach (1927) - enters public domain 1 January 2023
Ulysses (1934: Random House) - enters public domain 1 January 2030 (*)
Finnegans Wake (1939) - enters public domain 1 January 2035
Stephen Hero (1944) - enters public domain 1 January 2040 (**)
Letters I (1957) - enters public domain 1 January 2053
Critical Writings (1959) - enters public domain 1 January 2055
Ulysses (1961: Random House) - enters public domain 1 January 2057 (*)
"The Cat and the Devil" (1964) - enters public domain 1 January 2060
Letters II and III (1966) - enters public domain 1 January 2062
Giacomo Joyce (1968) - enters public domain 1 January 2064
Joyce's "Ulysses:" Notesheets in the British Museum (1972) - enters public domain 1 January 2068
Selected Letters (1975) - enters public domain 1 January 2071
The James Joyce Archive (through 1977) - enters public domain 1 January 2073
(*) Over the years, questions have been raised as to whether, or to what extent, the 1934 and 1961 Random House editions of Ulysses enjoy copyright protection in the United States. While this FAQ takes no position on the issue, the expiration dates above are offered with this qualification in mind.
(**) The 2040 date applies to the parts of Stephen Hero that were published in 1944. The small sections that were added for the first time in 1955 and 1963 will likely enjoy copyright protection until 1 January 2051 and 1 January 2059, respectively.
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