Contact for Charles Dickens 1812-1870
Different copyright rules apply in the UK and the USA. In the UK all writings published during Charles Dickens' lifetime and posthumously up to 70 years ago are out of copyright; in the USA all writings first published before 1929 are out of copyright. Unpublished writings and correspondence will remain in copyright in the UK until 2040, but have been out of copyright in the USA since 2003. The UK WATCH Office has been in contact with members of the Dickens family in the period 2002-2022 and can supply further details. (See also the WATCH entry for Cedric Charles Dickens.) From 2010, the holder of all extant copyrights is Commander Mark Dickens.
Dr David Sutton |
E-mail: d.sutton@reading.ac.uk |
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