From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/22/2026 12:03 PM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:15:06 -0500, Tony Nance    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/21/26 12:18 PM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   >>> Adventures in the Public Domain: On Updating Out-of-Copyright Works   
   >>>   
   >>> Should we attempt to bring older works into the modern age?   
   >>>   
   >>> https://reactormag.com/adventures-in-the-public-domain-on-up   
   ating-out-of-copyright-works/   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> No "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? ;)   
   >   
   > Well, there /was/ /Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern Are Undead/, a modern   
   > film riffing on the historical drama /Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern Are   
   > Dead/.   
   >   
   > Let's just say the overall quality left something to be desired.   
   >   
   > So, generally speaking, no. /Clueless/ being an exception.   
      
   /Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead/ was published in 1966,   
   and is definitely still in copyright. Stoppard presumably gave   
   permission.   
      
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