← Back to context Comment by actionfromafar 1 month ago No, but I think it might happen if copyright lapsed in 14 years. 3 comments actionfromafar Reply wongarsu 1 month ago Presumably people would consider a Song of Ice and Fire sequel by GRRM to be "official" and everything else "fanfiction", even if the fanfiction manages to appear in bookstores Jolter 1 month ago But it would only lapse after 28, assuming the author is still interested in pursuing it. 28 years is plenty, IMO. joquarky 1 month ago *28 years, unless you were not invested enough in your work to bother renewing it.
wongarsu 1 month ago Presumably people would consider a Song of Ice and Fire sequel by GRRM to be "official" and everything else "fanfiction", even if the fanfiction manages to appear in bookstores
Jolter 1 month ago But it would only lapse after 28, assuming the author is still interested in pursuing it. 28 years is plenty, IMO.
joquarky 1 month ago *28 years, unless you were not invested enough in your work to bother renewing it.
Presumably people would consider a Song of Ice and Fire sequel by GRRM to be "official" and everything else "fanfiction", even if the fanfiction manages to appear in bookstores
But it would only lapse after 28, assuming the author is still interested in pursuing it. 28 years is plenty, IMO.
*28 years, unless you were not invested enough in your work to bother renewing it.