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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Also, lets not forget that the 1909 requirement to register a copyright and to renew it 28 years later would make orphaned works much less of a problem. If the work hasn't had its copyright renewed in the last 28 years its in PD period. As opposed to the current situation where you need to determine whether the author is alive or dead, and how long (if dead) and then try to track down the owners of the copyright....
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Bill
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It's actually a lot easier now (everywhere except the US, that is). All you need to know to determine whether or not a work is in copyright or not is the date of the author's death. You don't have to search copyright registers, worry about renewals, or anything else of that nature.