[Borges]

It’s life of the author plus 75 years I think.

[a fool in paradise]

Once upon a time it was 28 years (or so) from point of creation with one extension.

Disney's never going to give up Mickey Mouse. Or sound films.

Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe are all public domain. I haven't seen works come along since then that topped their output.