Were those for sale for profit, rather than "recoup our printing costs" that's typical for zines?
Not that I've heard of, and I can't imagine Speranza and astolat (among others) participating if that had been the case.
'Potential'
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Were those for sale for profit, rather than "recoup our printing costs" that's typical for zines?
Not that I've heard of, and I can't imagine Speranza and astolat (among others) participating if that had been the case.
It was very likely not-for-profit, but just the fact of "for sale" when it's trademarked characters being written about without licensed permission sets off that "DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!" voice in my head.
I'm not sure why anyone would actually think it was ok to do. Are people really that clueless?
Don't answer that.
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Are The Wizard of Oz books et al public domain, owned by the Baum estate, owned by Turner/WB or what?
All of the original Frank L. Baum books are in the public domain.
Thanks. Ok, then my orginal question of "How did Gregory Maguire get around being sued." has been answered.
So any written publication enters the public domain after 100 years? Provided it is not owned by an estate or summat?
Public domain chart: [link]
So any written publication enters the public domain after 100 years?
Short answer: It depends.
Isn't it basically 75 years after the author's death?
The public domain laws have been tweaked in recent years, driven in part by Disney paying a lot of money to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain.