On 1/30/06, Jon Noring <jon@noring.name> wrote:
Robert Cicconetti wrote:
Actually, that would 1928+95=2023, provided you find one of the first few printings. Sorry. Still not PD in the US for quite some time.
However, if one reads the link I provided previously, see:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/rananim/lawrence/lcl.html
It says:
"...As it was published privately [in 1928], no copyright was issued, so the novel was free game to any and all who wished to pirate their own editions, and the pirates could sell them for as much as possible."
So, given this, is the original text public domain in the U.S.? If not, who is the "rights holder"?
Then you'll have to establish that it wasn't under copyright in the UK in 1996 (Instead of using the blanket Life+70), and further search for renewals under US law for a Rule 6 clearance. An article would not suffice. If you wish to try to clear the book, feel free. It's not something that I'm particularly interested in. I would expect it to take a lot of time and effort both on your part and for Mr. Newby (who as we all know has gobs of free time). R C