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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Legal Studies

Book-copyright

Hello.
I found the PDF of a book on the internet, and am not sure if the work is in public domain, i.e, I don't have to pay the royalty to translate it.How can I figure that out?

It is copyright 1964

Thanks very much in advance
  

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You'll have a long wait, I'm afraid. In the UK it's 70 years after the death of the author. Literary, dramatic musical and artistic works The term of protection in the UK for an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years from the end of the year in which they die.

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  • You'll have a long wait, I'm afraid.
  • In the UK it's 70 years after the death of the author.
  • Literary, dramatic musical and artistic works The term of protection in the UK for an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years from the end of the year in which they die.
  • In the case of joint authorship (see Copyright Ownership ) the term of copyright protection in such a work is calculated with reference to the date of the death of the last surviving author.
  • (Source: is4profit ) Rover
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You'll have a long wait, I'm afraid. In the UK it's 70 years after the death of the author.

Literary, dramatic musical and artistic works

The term of protection in the UK for an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years from the end of the year in which they die. In the case of joint authorship (see
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