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Originally Posted by fjtorres
They're just personal documents until they are actually published so the copyright clock doesn't start running until 2114 and won't run out till 2184. That is assuming it gets published at all.
If it does, it'll be like this novelty:
http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Twentiet.../dp/034542039X |
Umm... not quite so. The Jules Verne book (in the original French) gained a 25 year publication copyright in 1994, which lasts until (I think) 1st January 2020. The translation into English, of course, has its own copyright which is the life of the translator+70 years.
For works published after the copyright would normally have expired, the situation varies from country to country.
In Canada they immediately enter the public domain (although I believe plans are being made to change this).
In the EU there's a limited publication copyright lasting 25 years from date of publication. (If first publish in the EU by an EU person.) This is what the Verne book has.
In the US they also immediately enter the public domain.
Of course, what the copyright laws will look like in 2114 is anyone's guess.