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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Fair point.
In which case, 50 years flat from publication, or lifetime + 50 years for works unpublished in lifetime of author.
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Fifty years sounds reasonable. At least it's definite. Having just learned about a distinction between so-called common law copyright and statutory copyright, the former apparently being eternal, it begins to look less definite though.
In your suggestion, refraining from publication allows for a potential eternity of copyright, unless you make the mistake of dying. Going to take a while to unearth the complications there.-)
rjb