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Science Fiction

SheilaT

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12. You are absolutely right.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 03:21 AM

Sep 2012

If I'm not mistaken, our current copyright laws owe a lot to Disney, which is why it's something like the life of the author plus 75 years.

There is a lot to be said about things passing in to the public domain. Unfortunately, not much is going to pass into the public donain under the current laws.

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The Brooklyn bookshop saving out-of-print sci-fi, one e-book at a time [View all] n2doc Sep 2012 OP

I uncerstand that there's a huge amount of old s-f out there SheilaT Sep 2012 #1

If you know where to look AtheistCrusader Sep 2012 #2

As a writer myself, SheilaT Sep 2012 #8

From dead authors more than 75 years old? AtheistCrusader Sep 2012 #9

You are absolutely right. SheilaT Sep 2012 #12

Lovecraft even did sci-fi. He had one short story of an astronaut stuck in an invisible maze. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #3

I remember that one n2doc Sep 2012 #4

"But then I love HPL" Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #5

He has his own style, that is for sure. n2doc Sep 2012 #6

"Agree on AtMoM..I re-read that one recently and it still is a good ride." Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #7

Two years is far too short a time, especially for a living SheilaT Sep 2012 #13

The "Greenwich Village Trilogy" is still out there in rare or hard to find... Tikki Sep 2012 #11