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Old 12-14-2018, 08:26 AM   #36
Greg Anos
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
In the UK, the length of copyright protection of a film is the usual "life+70" term applied to the following people:
  • The principal director.
  • The author of the screenplay.
  • The author of the dialogue.
  • The composer of any original music.

So when the last of these four people dies, that's when the 70 year clock starts "ticking".
In the US, it is under a different set of copyright rules, for collaborative works. Somewhere here there is a sticky describing them. (I know, I wrote it. . . .)
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