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| Posted By : James Enge - 2/4/2008 1:32 AM | I don't think anything by Fritz Leiber would be in the public domain. As I understand it, anything under copyright as of Jan. 1, 1964 would automatically be copyrighted (under US law) for a minimum of 95 years after its original publication. (Some gory details of US Copyright law here.) So Leiber's earliest story would come out of copyright around 2034 (unless copyrights are further extended, for the sake of certain cartoon mice).
As to who owns the rights: I read somewhere that Ace had sewn up the rights to the F&G stories pretty thoroughly, but they must have sold them or lost them as other companies have published editions since Leiber's death. I guess my first step would be to contact Justin Leiber; if he's not his father's literary executor he could probably let you know who is.
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"A Covenant with Death" in Flashing Swords
"The Lawless Hours" in Black Gate 11
"The Gordian Stone" in Every Day Fiction
"The Red Worm's Way" forthcoming in Return of the Sword
"Payment in Full" forthcoming in Black Gate |
| Posted By : Seth Skorkowsky - 3/12/2008 12:00 PM | A few years ago White Wolf Press re-released the Lankmar series. At the time they had rights to a new author who was granted permission by the Fritz Leiber Estate to continue the series. They had partial story teaser that read great, but I never heard anything else about it. Last time I was perusing a bookstore I noticed a new publisher has re-released Leiber's stories.
Since he didn't die until 1992, it'll be a long while before his stories are public domain. |
| Posted By : Bill Ward - 3/12/2008 2:35 PM | I'd imagine his estate, his son, holds all rights. As James said above, that'd be the first place to check.
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