The Bowdlerized Roald Dahl

[Landon Caeli]

If I understand copyright law enough, the modified versions now have a new copyright clock running...

Now, that does make $ense.

 

[Pommer]

If I understand copyright law enough, the modified versions now have a new copyright clock running...

Life of the author +50 years!

 

[MyOwnSockPuppet]

Oddly, Fahrenheit 451 was Bradbury's take on television. Once, when he told this in a lecture to college students, they argued that he, the author, was wrong and it was about censorship.

My first thought on reading about this was "Han shot first." Except the changes in the first Star Wars film was by Lucas himself. These changes are after Dahl's death.

I'd say that this is a prime example of college education (I've worked as staff (not faculty) in universities for almost 20 years) - they clearly know what the book is about better than the guy who wrote it.

I wouldn't trust them to tell me the colour of an orange without checking...

 

[JSRG]

Life of the author +50 years!

Life of the author plus 70 years, actually. (at least in the United States and UK, not sure about other countries)

That's for cases where an individual has the copyright, though. Things copyrighted by companies rather than people, as there is no life involved, last for a flat 95 years. Or at least that's how it is in the US--not entirely sure about the UK.

 

[Pommer]

My

Life of the author plus 70 years, actually. (at least in the United States and UK, not sure about other countries)

That's for cases where an individual has the copyright, though. Things copyrighted by companies rather than people, as there is no life involved, last for a flat 95 years. Or at least that's how it is in the US--not entirely sure about the UK.

My law degree was lost when the cereal box was thrown away.

 

[JSRG]

My law degree was lost when the cereal box was thrown away.

In fairness, it used to be life plus 50 years. But it's life plus 70 now.

 

[RDKirk]

Sooner or later, they're going after "To Kill a Mockingbird."

 

[durangodawood]

Sooner or later, they're going after "To Kill a Mockingbird."

They say the Roald to hell is paved with good intentions.