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Mike L · 12-31-2009, 07:23 AM

With 2010 a few hours away, I thought it would be interesting to review the authors who are about to come out of copyright, that is, those who shuffled off the mortal coil in 1939 (in countries where copyright expires at the end of the 70th year after the author's death).

Here are the ones I know about:

Ethel M Dell
Ford Madox Ford
Zane Grey
Joseph Roth
W.B. Yeats

And these are some who kicked the bucket in 1959 (where copyright is author's lifetime plus 50 years):

Edwin Balmer
Raymond Chandler
Laurence Housman
Edwin Muir
Sax Rohmer

Can anyone add to these lists?

12-31-2009, 07:23 AM	#1
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	New year .... New batch of out-of-copyright authors With 2010 a few hours away, I thought it would be interesting to review the authors who are about to come out of copyright, that is, those who shuffled off the mortal coil in 1939 (in countries where copyright expires at the end of the 70th year after the author's death). Here are the ones I know about: Ethel M Dell Ford Madox Ford Zane Grey Joseph Roth W.B. Yeats And these are some who kicked the bucket in 1959 (where copyright is author's lifetime plus 50 years): Edwin Balmer Raymond Chandler Laurence Housman Edwin Muir Sax Rohmer Can anyone add to these lists?