tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12505562.post112168349124714086..comments2024-03-15T11:42:21.265-04:00Comments on The Patry Copyright Blog: J.B. Barrie and Perpetual rightsWilliam Patryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987498082479617363noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12505562.post-1121765373047529452005-07-19T05:29:00.000-04:002005-07-19T05:29:00.000-04:00"Genuine empathy and imagination are rare and shou..."Genuine empathy and imagination are rare and should be treasured."<BR/><BR/>Barrie's copyright lasted during his life, and for 50 years thereafter. The term extension of the mid-1990s extended it yet again to January 1st 2008. If to "treasure" something means "to create exclusive monopoies in it" then Barrie's work has already been well-treasured.<BR/><BR/>But I would say that part of society's process of "treasuring" a work must always include promoting it to being publici juris, so that publishers can offer competing editions to the public, and writers can offer competing derivations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com