Everyone invited: `Great Gatsby’ copyright to end in 2021

The novel’s copyright is set to expire at the end of 2020, meaning that anyone will be allowed to publish the book, adapt it to a movie, make it into an opera or stage a Broadway musical. No longer will you need to permission to write a sequel, a prequel, a Jay Gatsby detective novel or a Gatsby narrative populated with Zombies.

Source: Everyone invited: `Great Gatsby’ copyright to end in 2021

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