On 2018-06-10 15:24:38 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:25:24 +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > Personally, I would let the author decide what constitutes one work. > > Ah yes... > > Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Phantom Menace, > Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Rogue One, Force Awakens, Last > Jedi, Solo... they're all chapters in one work, yes?
Yes, that would be possible. But there were 40+ years between the release of Star Wars and the release of Solo, so if George Lucas had decided to wait until the series is complete before registering it for copyright, he either couldn't have published it yet (Episode IX is scheduled for next year) or he would have published the parts without protection (effectively making them public domain). So Lucas would have registered Star Wars in 1977, and when the Empire Strikes Back came out in 1980, he would have had the option to register it as a separate work or to register the series consisting of both films. Wouldn't have made a difference since he would have had to continue to pay for Star Wars to prevent it from falling into the public domain. At some point he probably would have decided that continued copyright protection wasn't worth the cost, so the first three episodes would be public domain by now (If the doubling period is only one year. The article I read suggested different doubling periods for different kind of works: 1 year for patents, 3 years for books, ... It also depends on the initial fee: Start at $1 (a token amount), $100 (may cover the cost of having a person actually looking at it), $1000, ...?) hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | we build much bigger, better disasters now |_|_) | | because we have much more sophisticated | | | h...@hjp.at | management tools. __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | -- Ross Anderson <https://www.edge.org/>
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