Re: Knight and Public Domain

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

Danvarner@aol.com writes:
 > In a message dated 5/13/2008 7:13:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
 > deathspresso@yahoo.com writes:
 > 
 > << I suspect either all or none
 > of Knights work is pd.  >>
 > 
 > No. Any of his work not copyrighted by others is still copyrighted
 > by the estate until 2023 when it would go into public domain.  Of
 > course, Disney could get involved through Congress again in order
 > to protect Mickey Mouse and the rest of the stuff in the money bin
 > and and add a couple of more decades of copyright.

Eh?  Where does the date 2023 come from?  What happened to everything
being out of copyright after 75 years?

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