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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's "expiring" every year, as time passes, and new books are entering the public domain - everywhere except the USA. Eg, the books of authors who died in 1938 are now in the public domain in the UK; they were not last year. Please don't judge the copyright systems of the entire world by the (forgive my saying so, but it's true) peculiar system that the US has adopted.
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Yes, I know that in some countries works are "expiring". That's why I started this thread in the first place. I wanted to alert Mobilereaders to some authors that would be entering into the public domain in the near future.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Please don't judge the copyright systems of the entire world by the peculiar system that the US has adopted." I believe my criticism of countries that extend copyright protections, which have the affect of keeping works out of the public domain, is a valid criticism and is flaw affecting many nations and not just a pecuilar feature of the U.S. system.