Comment by actionfromafar Comment by actionfromafar a day ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News No, but I think it might happen if copyright lapsed in 14 years.
Copy Link wongarsu a day ago Next Collapse Comment - 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 Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Jolter a day ago Prev Next Collapse Comment - But it would only lapse after 28, assuming the author is still interested in pursuing it. 28 years is plenty, IMO. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link joquarky 13 hours ago Prev Collapse Comment - *28 years, unless you were not invested enough in your work to bother renewing it. Reply View | 0 replies
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