Copyright - WB Yeats' works

CelticRambler

Can anyone tell me the current status re copyright of works by WB Yeats? I would like to use some or all of the text of a few of his poems in some calligraphy posters ultimately destined for sale but can't find out if these words are yet in the public domain.

coylemj

Stick 'Yeats' and 'copyright' into a Google search and you'll get your answer.

CelticRambler

Well I did that before and got nothing ... but the dates on the search results have made me realise how long ago that must have been and how long it is that I've been thinking about getting around to starting this project.

Thanks for the kick up the :eek: ! I might actually get a move on now.

coylemj

Don't know how you missed these, they come up as the 2nd and 4th hits when I put 'yeats copyright' into Google.....

http://www.mulley.net/2010/01/01/w-b-yeats-works-fall-out-of-copyright-today/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6916596/WB-Yeats-and-Sigmund-Freud-works-posted-on-Wikipedia-as-copyright-expires.html

CelticRambler

... probably 'cos they weren't there in 2009! Like I said, I've been meaning to ask the question for quite a while, just didn't notice the time passing (it was actually the reason that brought me to Boards and I kind of got distracted somewhere along the way.)

coylemj

Words fail me.