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[jfb]

Via Creative Commons (creativecommons): A list of 2002's best-selling classics (how did The Red Tent get on this list?), and when they'll enter the public domain. It almost makes me cry that The Great Gatsby won't be available for translation, adaptation, and reinterpretation for another 17 years.

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[pobig.livejournal.com]

It almost makes me cry that The Great Gatsby won't be available for translation, adaptation, and reinterpretation for another 17 years.

Make that "never". In 17 years the copyright'll just be extended again.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Well, yes--although Gatsby predates Mickey Mouse by three years, so maybe it'll slip through the cracks.