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Originally Posted by shalym
...and none of those were ever copyrighted. Would we know about any of them if they weren't allowed to be distributed/performed/recited because the copyright lasted 70 years after the death of the creator, and all of the creator's heirs died within 50 years of the creator?
Shari
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Ok silly question, what difference does when the heir dies matter?
Copyright is Life +70 unless renewed.
Therefore if one writes a book, lives say 50 years more, then the book will automatically go into PD 70 years later if the heir does nothing.
So 120 years after the book is written, anyone can do anything with it.