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He was just 18 years ahead of his time...smh. 2040 is when Tolkien is slated for public domain.

Or next year if you live in NZ or have a production studio in NZ

And then sell to NZ market.

Much of (not most of) the world has that same copyright length: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright...

Which length are you talking about? From that link, both Life+50 and Life+70 are very common, and NZ is in the former.

"That same length", Life+50 - it's not some property unique to NZ.