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I wonder why she thinks that her copyright will only exist for 35 years?
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New law that became effective Jan. 1. In the past, writers lost their rights due to lack of knowledge or weaseling in the contracts. No matter what a publishing contract says, the rights revert to the author or their heirs after 35 years. It is retroactive, so you will likely see a lot of stuff that was thrown to the backlist long ago suddenly becoming available. I don't have a link to the law - I just remember reading about it in October.