Posted by Claus B. Storgaard on August 09, 2002 at 01:27:21:

In Reply to: Copyright questions posted by Panu Höglund on August 08, 2002 at 05:35:11:

I believe that the current copyright holder is Orwell's son, Eric.

As to the 50-year rule, I think it was changed to 70 years some time ago - and that's counting from the time of death of the author.