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Originally Posted by BenG
Yeah, I was just wondering if once out of copyright a book would become copyrighted again if the laws change.
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No; once a text has entered the public domain it stays there.
For example, Australia now has a "Life + 70" copyright law, but all the books which entered the public domain while it had a "Life + 50" law remain in the public domain, even those of authors who died more recently than 70 years ago.
IANAL, however - it is conceivable that this may vary from country to country.