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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Australia gives it 50 years for the actual film, but life + 70 for all the parts. (script, actors, music, props, ect...)
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Ralph Sir Edward you got me curious about this statement so I did a search.
Here's an excerpt from an Introduction to Copyright and Related Issues for Documentary Makers, (published in 2008):
From 1 January 2005,
copyright in a film and sound recording lasts for 70 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the film or sound recording is first published. Prior to 1 May 1969, there was no separate copyright in films, however, copyright in the “underlying” works of such films (for example, the scripts) may still exist.
Copyright in a television or sound broadcast lasts for 50 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the broadcast is made. Like films, however, there was no separate copyright in broadcasts prior to 1 May 1969.
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I think that the 70 years + ruling applies to all aspects of the film as well as the film itself, unless the film was pre 1969.
http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fi...ghtBooklet.pdf