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ggareau · 01-03-2010, 10:13 PM

This has probably been gone over elsewhere, but I can't find the answer.

I live in Canada. In Canada copyright law is Life+50. Does that mean that any book published by an author who died in/before 1959 -- regardless of country of publication -- is public domain to me?

I mean, for Canadian authors it's a no-brainer but I don't get how this works internationally.

01-03-2010, 10:13 PM	#58
ggareau Member Posts: 24 Karma: 154 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony Reader	This has probably been gone over elsewhere, but I can't find the answer. I live in Canada. In Canada copyright law is Life+50. Does that mean that any book published by an author who died in/before 1959 -- *regardless of country of publication* -- is public domain to me? I mean, for Canadian authors it's a no-brainer but I don't get how this works internationally.