The public domain grows and grows? Well it should, but not everywhere and always.
No more works will enter the public domain in Australia until January 1st 2026. This is because of the change to life+70 in 2005.
No more works will enter the public domain in the US until January 1st 2019. This is because any works published between 1923 and 1964 inclusive are either already public domain, or won't enter the public domain until 95 years after publication.
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I wonder how things are going to develop in the next few decades as the amount of material in the public domain grows and grows.
There'll be so much wonderful ebook fiction available for free, living authors may struggle to get any paying custom at all.
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