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Originally Posted by crich70
Wouldn't the status of a stories copyright also be affected by whom has the rights? I mean say one of Mr. Harrison's stories sold to a magazine and then the rights reverted to him. Or what if the magazine bought all the rights? I've heard it can go either way as far as short stories that appear in magazines.
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No, it depends solely on whether or not the copyright was renewed at the appropriate time. Harrison only died in 2012, so if copyright was renewed, the stories are in copyright. Simple at that. Who held the rights at the time that renewal was required would of course determine who had to do the renewal, but it wouldn't change the basic fact that renewal was required.