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Pulpmeister · 02-01-2015, 08:22 PM

There's a Gutenberg Australia.

Due to oddities in the history of Australian copyright law, some authors still copyright in life + 70 countries are in the public domain in Australia. When Australia changed from Life + 50 to Life + 70, all books already in the public domain at the time of the change remained there, so, eg, E Phillips Oppenheim is public domain here, and copyright in USA and UK etc. Any author who died before the end of 1955 is in the public domain here.

02-01-2015, 08:22 PM	#8
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,825 Karma: 29145056 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	There's a Gutenberg Australia. Due to oddities in the history of Australian copyright law, some authors still copyright in life + 70 countries are in the public domain in Australia. When Australia changed from Life + 50 to Life + 70, all books already in the public domain at the time of the change remained there, so, eg, E Phillips Oppenheim is public domain here, and copyright in USA and UK etc. Any author who died before the end of 1955 is in the public domain here.