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Originally Posted by pdurrant
No new books enter the Australian public domain until 1st January 2026.
This is because of the change to lifetime+70 years copyright from lifetime+50 years. Unlike the UK, Australias didn't apply this to works that had already become public domain.
The change came into effect during 2005, so the works of authors who died in 1954 and earlier are in the public domain, but the works of authors who died in 1955 won't enter the Australian public domain until 1st Jan 2026.
http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/abyod/abyod.htm is a good resource, and is still being updated. |
But all that means in practice is that Australia
already has in the public domain all those works which most of our countries will slowly acquire, year by year, until 2026. At that point, we'll be "in sync" again, and we'll both continue to gain new PD works, year by year.