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Originally Posted by BookCat
Thank you for clearing that up for me. I'm not sure how Brexit might affect Fair Use (something I know a tiny bit about because of my youtube vids sometimes being challenged on copyright grounds when I've used a small amount of music).
Do countries in the EU (apart from the UK) have the same copyright laws: death+70? Is this likely to change when we leave the EU?
Personally, I'm all for a total divorce from the EU (including the single market) but wasn't aware that it might affect ebooks in anyway. It would be great if ebooks weren't taxed, just as pbooks aren't.
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It doesn't actually. GB has always had their own copyright laws and has it's own fair dealings rules that are different than the US fair use rules or the rules that the EU wants in place. Most countries that signed the Berne Convention has copyright laws that are some form of life plus. In some cases life plus 50, in other cases life plus 70. I believe that the UK is a life plus 50 country.