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Old 12-29-2009, 09:28 AM   #11
Greg Anos
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Are you sure that they will enter the public domain? I think they were written as "works for hire", and the copyright was accordingly owned by the publisher, not the author. The current copyright holder of the "Doc Savages" is Conde Nast, who are famously "litigious" with people who infringe their rights.

I am not, repeat not a lawyer. However I did post the Canadian copyright law here -

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57184

My layman reading is that the 1933 and 1934 will be legal, but like the Mitchell estate, legalities will not stop Conde Nast from sueing...
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