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Old 04-22-2012, 07:45 PM   #172
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht View Post
That's assuming you know which "John Smith" wrote "The Marvelous Book". How does the "life+x" deal with an obscure author with no biographical information associated with the book? The old US system only required you to know copyright date, which is normally included with the work, and a database of renewals.
That's an interesting question; I imagine in the "life+x" countries, it's common practice to apply actuarial assumptions in cases where the author's date of death can't be determined (e.g. you can assume a life span of x years for a male born on x date). It probably doesn't come up that often in any event.
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