Very OT: Lord of the Rings (correction)

[catorman]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "catorman" <catherine at c...> wrote:
> --- 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
> 
No, you're quite right - I stupidly got this confused with 
Broadcasting rights, which is currently 50 years.  Good job I do tax 
and not IP!

Catherine