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Public Domain: The Great Gatsby

CloLee — Wed, 04 May 2022 05:18:48 GMT

Hi, I remember this being asked on the old forum but I can't find anything recent. I've had a design taken down as it quotes 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a work that became public domain on 1st January 2021. I have emailed Content Review to query their decision but does anyone know why references to 'The Great Gatsby' aren't allowed. Thanks.

Re: Public Domain: The Great Gatsby

CreativeLeahG — Wed, 04 May 2022 10:25:52 GMT

I also had my products removed despite there being a few thousand that remain with this phrase.

Re: Public Domain: The Great Gatsby

Saints_Aplenty — Fri, 06 May 2022 15:27:59 GMT

@CloLee and @CreativeLeahG

'The Great Gatsby' is in the public domain now, but the author's name has been trademarked by his estate. If you mentioned F. Scott F... by name in either your description or tags, that would get your products pulled. (It's a silly situation, I know. I mean how do you write about a book without mentioning its author?)

Here is a link to the TESS search on FSF.

(I hope this post doesn't get yanked for the above reason. 🙄 )

Re: Public Domain: The Great Gatsby

CloLee — Fri, 06 May 2022 19:22:41 GMT

@Saints_Aplenty Thank you very much for your answer - that explains it! I had credited him in small print because I thought that was the right thing to do!

Re: Public Domain: The Great Gatsby

CreativeLeahG — Fri, 06 May 2022 21:09:51 GMT

I never mentioned the authors name and when i queried it I was told the words 'the great gatsby' was the issue. It wasn't in my title, my description or my tags, it was in the invitation text. My prodoct was pulled though BEFORE 2021, so probably was an issue prior.