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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I think a copyright needs to been a length of time. So we can know if something is public domain or not. 20 years only if it's not in print or eBook is not going to work. We won't know if it's PD or not. Something like life+50 or just 50 years are time spans we can use look up to see if the work is PD or not.
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All that has to happen is that when the item is published, the author's age in included in the copyright notification. The rest could be calculated by anyone.
Life + 50 requires you know when the author dies. For less well known authors, that may not be easily found out.