[Wikipedia-l] some questions concerning copyright

[Andre Engels]

> Axel Boldt wrote:
> 
> >Everything published before 1911 is in the public domain. Everything
> >published between 1911 and 1978 gets 95 years of copyright protection
> >after the date of publication (in 2006, this will undoubtedly be
> >increased). Everything published after 1978 gets 70 years after the
> >death of the last author, the same as in the European Union. Most other
> >countries give a straight 50 years after author's death, which is
> >required by the Berne convention.

Toby Bartels reacted:

> By these rules, the EB1911 is still protected!

I think the magic date is not 1911 but 1923 - 50 years before the extension
from 50 years to 75 years in 1973.

Andre Engels