> § 303
> Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978
> (a) Copyright in a work created before January 1, 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or copyrighted, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for the term provided by section 302. In no case, however, shall the term of copyright in such a work expire before December 31, 2002; and, if the work is published on or before December 31, 2002, the term of copyright shall not expire before December 31, 2047
It says that it should follow 302 as if it was published in 1978 if it was not heretofore copyrighted, and it wasn't, and it should follow section 302 which starts with
"Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author’s death."
seems like it should be out of copyright in 2039.
But this, for some reason, reminds me that Kerouac was also a devoted baseball mind. Not just a fan, but a proto-fantasy league commissioner before the term existed, meticulously tracking invented teams and players in private box scores. Kerouac, a fantasy baseball writer.
And he wasn't alone: Corso batted lines like fastballs, Ferlinghetti cheered from the dugout of City Lights, and Ginsberg, ever the cosmic catcher, enjoyed the sport. Baseball wasn't a pastime but a parallel Beat narrative, complete with innings, errors, and the occasional poetic balk and haiku.
I don't remember what or if the property is / still is.
Perforated ulcer hit critical mass after the daily round of whiskey. I wonder if hpylori made it worse or it was just the suds.
Edit: found this while searching for the bar
Oh, and another fun fact:
Kerouac once befriended a former minor league baseball player who'd also played college football. He encouraged the guy to try acting. In a roundabout way, we have Jack Kerouac to thank for Paul Gleason, one of the '80s movies' most memorable villains. (An interesting man in his own right.)
(There are enough quotes and parentheses in this reply to resemble a LISP program, sorry about that.)
Do not be discouraged.
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rmason•3mo ago
Massachusetts, the state of his birth claims Kerouac as their own and Florida where he lived at the time of his death claims him as well. Never seen San Francisco claim him as one of their own before. I think Paris would have the better claim if they were to make one.
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The map is not the territory anymore than the mapmaker is God. Holding a mirror up to society does not make one Narcissus.
For what it’s worth, Socrates wasn’t very popular in polite society of his time and place either, but rather reviled and given an ultimatum: repudiate your interrogatory work of our society, or die in exile. He chose the latter on his own terms via quaffing hemlock, and he went down in infamy.
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