"Melancholy Elephants" is a 1982 science fiction short story by Canadian writer Spider Robinson. The story examines the interaction of copyright and longevity, and the possible effects of the extension of copyright to perpetuity. Its title is a reference to the popular belief that elephants are incapable of forgetting.
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- contained in By Any Other Namecollection
- contained in God Is an Iron and Other Storiescollection
- contained in Melancholy Elephantscollection
- contained in Readers' Favorites from Analog 1980 to 1990anthology
- contained in The New Hugo Winnersanthology