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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Here's the Canadian answer from the Canadian copyright law (googly bits) in the Upload Help forum..
Term of copyright in posthumous works
7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or an engraving, in which copyright subsists at the date of the death of the author or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, at or immediately before the date of the death of the author who dies last, but which has not been published or, in the case of a lecture or a dramatic or musical work, been performed in public or communicated to the public by telecommunication, before that date, copyright shall subsist until publication, or performance in public or communication to the public by telecommunication, whichever may first happen, for the remainder of the calendar year of the publication or of the performance in public or communication to the public by telecommunication, as the case may be, and for a period of fifty years following the end of that calendar year.
sorry folks, copyright in Canada until 2061...
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I don't know where your quote comes from, but I do not believe you are right. From the website of the
Canadian Intellectual Property Office:
Posthumous works
These are works that have not been published, performed or delivered in public during the lifetime of the author.
If the work was created
after July 25, 1997, the term of copyright protection is the life of the author, the remainder of the calendar year in which the author died, and for 50 years following.
If the work was created
before July 25, 1997, three different scenarios can exist:
- The work of a deceased author that is published, performed or delivered prior to July 25, 1997, will retain copyright from the date of publication, plus 50 years, to the end of that calendar year.
- The unpublished work of an author who was deceased during the 50 years prior to July 25, 1997, retains copyright until December 31, 1997 (the remainder of the calendar year in which Bill C-32 came into force), plus 50 years following the end of that calendar year.
- The unpublished work of an author who deceased more than 50 years prior to July 25, 1997, retains copyright until December 31, 1997 (the remainder of the calendar year in which Bill C-32 came into force), plus five years following the end of that calendar year.
Mark Twain's unpublished works fall under (3).