Thread: Which authors will soon be public domain?
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Old 07-21-2009, 12:51 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I'm afraid you're wrong there. The UK Government commissioned a report - the "Gower Report" that came out very strongly against extending the copyright length.

The Government is still going along with current European moves to extend the mechanical copyright from 50 to 70 years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4...us-anyway.html
Bugger. Thanks, Paul; I'd missed that .
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