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stbalbach |
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August 03, 2012 09:29:16pm |
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Re: Question regarding the rights of 'The Bear' |
The Collected Stories of William Faulkner (1950) is
copyright, renewed in 1977.
But the since the book is just a collection of previously published stories, have to check if any older copies of the story were not copyright renewed and thus now public domain.
"The Bear" has a complex publishing history. It appeared in its fullest form as a chapter in
Go Down, Moses (1942) (
copyright renewed), following revisions of earlier versions published as "Lion" in Harper's Magazine in December 1935, and as "The Bear" in Saturday Evening Post in May 1942. Another version published in
Big Woods (1955) (
copyright renewed).
For researching periodical copyright renewals
follow these steps. Harper's Magazine and Saturday Evening Post both appear to have copyright renewals. It seems like The Bear is still copyright since every place it's been published has had its copyright renewed. Maybe someone else has more info or ideas, sorry couldn't report better news than this.
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duncapher |
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August 04, 2012 02:45:24pm |
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Re: Question regarding the rights of 'The Bear' |
Thanks for the terrific response. I will remember the website you have linked to in the future.
Sure enough, it sounds like it's still locked down. I should have expected as much. Thanks again.
Can I infer from your post that every time a text is published by someone different, it has to be constantly renewed by every different publisher or else it can become public domain?
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stbalbach |
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August 04, 2012 05:41:59pm |
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Re: Question regarding the rights of 'The Bear' |
>Can I infer from your post that every time a text is published by someone different, it has to be constantly renewed
Your welcome. There may be information I don't know about so it still might warrant further checking, but initially it appears copyright.
This case was complicated because Faulkner kept changing the text, so it would require new copyrights for each new version published, they are like different unique stories. But I believe once something is copyright, it doesn't need to be re-copyrighted every time its re-published - that's why the front of the collection lists the original copyright years for the stories contained in the book.
This post was modified by stbalbach on 2012-08-05 00:41:59
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