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Old 01-29-2014, 04:11 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
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.
Wouldn't the fact that they have never been reprinted suggest copyright was never renewed, or that it was owned by the magazines? Now he's dead whoever owns his estate would want to milk it as much as they can.
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