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Originally Posted by Catlady
Why would the version with the alternate endings remain under copyright longer? Isn't the term still 70 years after the author's death?
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Yes, it is. It used to be the case that posthumous publication had different copyright rules, but not any more. The exception to this is the
first publication of a work which would otherwise be in the public domain: in this circumstance, the initial publisher gets a 25-year, one-time only, copyright term; this is done to encourage new publication of posthumous works.