James Joyce
About ten years ago, when I was running a small record label in partnership with a publisher more interested in literary pursuits, he got himself into a lot of trouble for trying to publish a DVD with spoken word elements by James Joyce himself. It seems that his grandson had been viciously protecting the copyright, and understandably so. Still, this article may allow said former business partner to complete his project without the fear of being financially bludgeoned for his efforts.
Mark O’Connell of The New Yorker writes on the possibility of James Joyce’s copyright ending here.