Active copyright renewal remained mandatory for works still in their first 28-year term when the 1976 Copyright Act was passed. So if they didn't renew the copyright in 1952+28=1980, then it lost all protection on 12/31/1980. --Michael On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 8:54 AM Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Why is "Stand By For Mars" in Project Gutenberg? It's from 1952, and would still be under copyright.
On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 2:41 AM Paul Palmer <paul.allan.palmer@gmail.com wrote:
Which is available on Project Gutenberg if anybody is interested
On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 12:49 AM Hilarie Orman <ho@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
Cf. "Stand By For Mars", Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, and the game of mercury ball.
If the ball were flying through the air, it could set up asymmetric drag and change its trajectory to some degree. Even if it weren't *guided*, it could still move in a random and impossible-to-predict manner which would thoroughly confuse even the best goalies.
Hilarie
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