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Originally Posted by jbcohen
What is the copyright period for a paperback book? For a hardback if they differ.
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Copyright has nothing to do with publication - a work is copyright as soon as the author types the words on the page. According to
Wikipedia copyright "arises on fixation", which is a nice phrase - it is the expression of the ideas which creates the copyright.
An author may transfer his/her rights to someone else, but as far as I know the duration (in the UK) is still author's life +70 years, as HarryT says.