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Old 11-22-2020, 06:13 PM   #12
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In the USA the original copyright term was 14 years. Then things became public domain. Publishers have always lobbied to increase that and they've often been successful. Personally I think 14 years was kind of long. Books go out of print in a year; usually less.

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