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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
I don't think that 10 years is realistic. Beneficial to us, yes. Not, however, to the authors.
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10 years was merely an example I gave as that was what had been mentioned before in the thread. I think 20 years would be fine though.
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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
I could be wrong. But for a book to return to PD it first must have been in the PD. And if it was in the PD in the first place then it can't be withdrawn from PD.
CORRECTION: If a book is illegally or mistakenly placed in PD it would be "removed" from PD.
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Semantics, however.....
I am no lawyer but many on these boards who claim a greater knowledge than I with regards to copyright certainly argue that all works are automatically part of the PD, that once an idea is presented to the world it is by it's very nature part of the PD, and that copyright is only a time limited monopoly on the right to sell copies of said work.
When I stated that a work should "return" to the PD I simply meant that the work would lose any copyright status.
Cheers,
PKFFW