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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, it's not in either the US or the "life+70" public domain, although it is in the public domain in countries such as Canada with a "life+50" copyright term. It will enter the "life+70" public domain on 1st Jan 2020, but will remain protected by copyright in the US for a long time to come. The Mitchell Estate are perfectly correct to take legal action against anyone attempting to make it available in the US!
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I sit corrected. I was thinking of publication date, but Mitchell died in 1949, and it's author's death date that governs, so it's not in the PD here.
Australia went to life+70 from life+50 not that long back, but stuff that had previously lapsed under the old rules was grandfathered, and did not suddenly come under copyright again.
Canada is still life+50, and will remain so if PG Canada has anything to say about it.
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Dennis