The copyright on Last and First Men doesn't expire in Australia until 2021, but I would like to do a reading of it for visually impaired listeners on a community radio station. I'm not sure how to go about learning who I have to approach for permission. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Who currently owns the rights to Olaf Stapledon's 1930 book "Last and First Men"?
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- 3+ months ago by Craig Sch...
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- book, copyright, books
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A copyright registered in 1930 had a term of copyright protection of 28 years plus a one time ability to renew the registration for an additional 28 years. The current term of copyright is much longer but the longer term is not retroactive. The means that, at the latest, a 1930 copyright would have gone into public domain and lost copyright protection in 1986.