Get Ready for Great Gatsby Fan Fiction in 2021 / Frida Garza. In: Jezebel

In 1998, Congress passed the Copyright Term Extension Act, which—like its name implies—extended the copyright of works published between 1922 and 1978 by an additional 20 years, from 75 years to 95 years. On Tuesday, January 1, that extension period runs out, and works from Marcel Proust, Agatha Christie, Edith Wharton, Robert Frost, and more will enter the public domain. The New York Times notes that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is not in this batch—but the novel will have its turn to be reprinted by anyone and potentially turned into fanfiction come 2021.
Copyright laws, in theory, are good; they protect original creative works from being copied without permission from the creator. But it seems to me that consumers stand to benefit way more when works enter the public domain.:

Theater and film producers can adapt the works into movies, plays and musicals without having to secure rights. Rival publishing houses can issue new print editions, and scholars can publish new annotated versions and interpretations. Free digital copies will circulate online. ... [mehr] https://pictorial.jezebel.com/get-ready-for-great-gatsby-fan-fiction-in-2021-1831401278