Very OT: Lord of the Rings

[catorman]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "frantyck" <frantyck at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "catorman" <catherine at c...> wrote:
> > If I recall correctly from my copyright law studies (dubious), 
> then 
> > copyright expires 50 years after the writer has died.
> [snip details] 
> > Catherine
> 
> 
> Copyright duration is currently 'life of author plus seventy 
years,' 
> I believe. This seems to have come into effect early in 1978 in the 
> US. There's a bunch of different categories, though...
> 
> Rrishi

Ah, but that's in the US - I was talking about UK law (or 
specifically, English law) - which is, I guess, the one which is most 
relevant here.

Catherine