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Originally Posted by Patricia
We are on a Canadian server. Canadian copyright is for the author's life plus 50 years. So Jane Austen is fine.
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But if Jane Austen had died 60 years ago would her works be public domain?
As I understand it, the Berne Convention says countries must recognise and adhere to the copyright law pertaining in the country of origin.
As Austen was a British writer, her works are copyrighted for life plus 70 years - so would this not apply to her works in Canada too?