Coming Soon to Life Plus 70

Pulpmeister · 12-03-2018, 11:18 PM

Just a handful that I know of, off the top of my head.

2019 Anna Masteron Buchan d 1948
2019 Malcolm Campbell : d 1948
2019 A E W Mason: d 1948
2020 Axel Munthe d 1949
2020 Richard Connell d 1949
2021 Warwick Deeping d 1950
2021 George Orwell d 1950
2021 Rafael Sabatini d. 1950
2022 Peter Cheyney d 1951
2022 Sinclair Lewis d 1951
2022 James Norman Hall d 1951
2023 Gilbert Frankau d 1952
2023 Jeffery Farnol d 1952
2023 Fulton Oursler d 1952
2024 Josephine Tey d 1953
2024 Dylan Thomas d 1953
2025 Sydney Horler: d 1954
2025 Robert Ames Bennett d 1954
2025 James Hilton d. 1954

James Normal Hall teamed with Nordhoff for the Bounty trilogy; Nordhoff d 1947.
Fulton Oursler wrote mysteries under the name Anthony Abbott
Richard Connell wrote "Most Dangerous Game".

ZodWallop · 12-04-2018, 09:51 AM

It'll be nice to see PD versions of the Nordhoff and Hall Bounty trilogy. Orwell, Sabatini and Lewis are the other biggies to me. But 2022 seems to be so far away...

fjtorres · 12-04-2018, 10:26 AM

James Hilton: Lost Horizon, Goodbye Mr Chips.
Hollywood liked him.

AnemicOak · 12-04-2018, 12:46 PM

Of course even if a country is Life Plus 70 there can be all kinds of exceptions. A lot of works in the US from certain periods are 95 years after publication for example. I don't know if any other countries are as complex as US copyright can be though.

A good reference for US folks...
https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain

Pulpmeister · 12-04-2018, 08:13 PM

The names I listed are there because they are PD here in Australia already. Aus was +50 until 2005, then +70, but the new regime was not retrospective so any author in the +50 PD didn't go back into copyright for 20 years. Effectively, the cutoff for PD has been 1954; any author who died in 1955 onwards was copyright, anyone before is PD.

bgalbrecht · 12-05-2018, 02:03 AM

All of these authors would have been in the public domain in the US and elsewhere by now had they not retroactively lengthened the copyright term after their deaths. Of course, nothing "promotes the progress of science and useful arts" (to use the phrase from the US constitution) more than increasing the copyright term after they're dead.

Australia won't see any new public domain works for another 7 years, and 2019 will probably be the last year Canada will see new public domain works for the next two decades.

HarryT · 12-05-2018, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

Australia won't see any new public domain works for another 7 years, and 2019 will probably be the last year Canada will see new public domain works for the next two decades.

Or, alternatively, Canada may follow the route the UK took when we changed our copyright term from life+50 to life+70 and renew copyright protection on those works which fell once more into life+70 protection.

HarryT · 12-05-2018, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

It'll be nice to see PD versions of the Nordhoff and Hall Bounty trilogy. Orwell, Sabatini and Lewis are the other biggies to me. But 2022 seems to be so far away...

Note that none of this is applicable to you. These works will not be in the US public domain in the stated years.

pdurrant · 12-05-2018, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Note that none of this is applicable to you. These works will not be in the US public domain in the stated years.

But for the first time in many years, the USA will be able to celebrate Public Domain Day. Everything published during 1923 in the US will come into the US public domain on 1st January 2019.....

....unless their 'Lame Duck' Congress passes an extension at the last minute.

fjtorres · 12-05-2018, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

But for the first time in many years, the USA will be able to celebrate Public Domain Day. Everything published during 1923 in the US will come into the US public domain on 1st January 2019.....

....unless their 'Lame Duck' Congress passes an extension at the last minute.

Very unlikely. Big media isn't in good odor with the congress, for a variety of reasons, starting with Disney and moving down from there.

bgalbrecht · 12-05-2018, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Or, alternatively, Canada may follow the route the UK took when we changed our copyright term from life+50 to life+70 and renew copyright protection on those works which fell once more into life+70 protection.

If Canada retroactively returns the works from authors who died between 50 and 70 years ago to copyright in 2019, it will still be twenty years before they see any new books in the public domain. Granted, they would see some formerly public domain books re-enter the public domain in the next 20 years.

BookCat · 12-06-2018, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Or, alternatively, Canada may follow the route the UK took when we changed our copyright term from life+50 to life+70 and renew copyright protection on those works which fell once more into life+70 protection.

Just out of interest, when did the UK change the copyright length?

HarryT · 12-06-2018, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BookCat

Just out of interest, when did the UK change the copyright length?

It changed in 1995.

BookCat · 12-10-2018, 09:51 AM

Surely it should be called "death plus 70" because "life plus 70" suggests date of birth, rather than date of death.

Just splitting hairs.

ZodWallop · 12-10-2018, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BookCat

Surely it should be called "death plus 70" because "life plus 70" suggests date of birth, rather than date of death.

Just splitting hairs.

The entire life span of the author plus an additional 70 years. What's wrong with that?

12-03-2018, 11:18 PM	#1
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,502 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	Coming Soon to Life Plus 70 Just a handful that I know of, off the top of my head. 2019 Anna Masteron Buchan d 1948 2019 Malcolm Campbell : d 1948 2019 A E W Mason: d 1948 2020 Axel Munthe d 1949 2020 Richard Connell d 1949 2021 Warwick Deeping d 1950 2021 George Orwell d 1950 2021 Rafael Sabatini d. 1950 2022 Peter Cheyney d 1951 2022 Sinclair Lewis d 1951 2022 James Norman Hall d 1951 2023 Gilbert Frankau d 1952 2023 Jeffery Farnol d 1952 2023 Fulton Oursler d 1952 2024 Josephine Tey d 1953 2024 Dylan Thomas d 1953 2025 Sydney Horler: d 1954 2025 Robert Ames Bennett d 1954 2025 James Hilton d. 1954 James Normal Hall teamed with Nordhoff for the Bounty trilogy; Nordhoff d 1947. Fulton Oursler wrote mysteries under the name Anthony Abbott Richard Connell wrote "Most Dangerous Game".

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Of course even if a country is Life Plus 70 there can be all kinds of exceptions. A lot of works in the US from certain periods are 95 years after publication for example. I don't know if any other countries are as complex as US copyright can be though. A good reference for US folks... https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain

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Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,502 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	The names I listed are there because they are PD here in Australia already. Aus was +50 until 2005, then +70, but the new regime was not retrospective so any author in the +50 PD didn't go back into copyright for 20 years. Effectively, the cutoff for PD has been 1954; any author who died in 1955 onwards was copyright, anyone before is PD.

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bgalbrecht Wizard Posts: 1,806 Karma: 13399999 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: US Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle 4	All of these authors would have been in the public domain in the US and elsewhere by now had they not retroactively lengthened the copyright term after their deaths. Of course, nothing "promotes the progress of science and useful arts" (to use the phrase from the US constitution) more than increasing the copyright term after they're dead. Australia won't see any new public domain works for another 7 years, and 2019 will probably be the last year Canada will see new public domain works for the next two decades.

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BookCat C L J Posts: 2,912 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Surely it should be called "death plus 70" because "life plus 70" suggests date of birth, rather than date of death. Just splitting hairs.