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Originally Posted by HarryT
There is a precedent for a fairly similar situation, which was when the UK extended copyright term from "Life+50" to "Life+70" years, and so 20 years'-worth of work that had been in the public domain once again became protected by copyright. What happened then is that everyone who was making use of material that re-entered copyright was permitted to carry on using it, but had to pay a (small) fee to the copyright holder.
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I didn't know that. Thanks for enlightening me.
Me