Re: [NTLK] LOTR

From: Loren Finkelstein (Loren_at_Finkelstein.Net)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 11:22:31 EST

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On 11/1/01 9:46 AM, "eric engle" <engleerica_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> So that you know: the US copyright law currently
> permits copyright from the lifetime of the author plus
> 75 (IIRC) years.
>
> Before 1978 it was lifetime of the author plus 50
> years (IIRC).
>
> I have no idea when (or if) Tolkien died - I also have
> no moral problems with personal use violation of
> copyright. Copyright violation for profit is a
> problem. But burning CDs for private use disturbs me
> not. Burning CDs and then selling them disturbs me.
>
> LOTR may or may not already be in the public domain.
> It just depends on timing.

Not for a long time. J.R. Tolkien died in 1973.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/7882/tolkien.html

Loren

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