News and Notices from the Writing Trenches # 109…

Item. Anne Frank. Strange happenings here. Was that book only based on her diary? The recent extension of the copyright has been celebrated by some and decried by others. The case opens the Pandora box of copyright law yet again. Of course, the only reason that there’s a polemic is that there’s a lot of money involved. For some reason, I thought this was all settled when the movie came out, but I guess I’m wrong. Makes you think about copyrights for your own books if you’re an author. Be sure...