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   alt.books.george-orwell      Discussing 1984, sadly coming true...      4,149 messages   

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   sleepless to Martha Bridegam   
   Re: 1984   
   16 Jun 04 21:49:25   
   
   From: sleepless@stillawake.net   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:40CC8DA3.14324044@pacbell.net...   
   > If you're in the UK you're entitled to read free online texts of Orwell --   
   his   
   > work is out of copyright there but not in the U.S.   
      
   Back in the year 1984, Orwell's heirs said that the movie "1984" released   
   that year would be the last one ever made.   
      
   Now that the copyright has expired in the UK, could his heirs do anything to   
   stop a new production?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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