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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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That only works well when the author is famous. Obscure authors are next to impossible to track down. Both systems have their pluses and minuses.