As a follow up post, the copyright for Carbonite, if it follows the same rule above, will remain with Carboniteaddon until 50 years after the death of its last creator. However, the creators retain the option to transfer ownership to another author to maintain, but that new author does not also gain copyright.
An example of this is found in both the James Bond and Jason Bourne novels. Several continuation authors have written books, but they do not suddenly own the copyrights for "James Bond" or "Jason Bourne". They do own the copyrights for their individual books, and must use the phrase "characters and settings used with permission."
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