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Originally Posted by Jellby
In the US I guess it's easy, because it's all referred to the date of publication, regardless of when the author died. But how about Europe and Canada?
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Europe: lifetime + 70 years
Canada: lifetime + 50 years
US: Complicated. See
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/res...blicdomain.cfm for details, but roughly:
Published 1922 and earlier: Public Domain
Published 1923-1963 inclusive: copyright for 95 years unless not renewed in the 28th year
Published 1964-1977 inclusive: copyright for 95 years
Published 1978-: copyright for lifetime + 70 years
Nothing new will enter the US Public domain until 2019