Life + 70 is the rule for the European Community. The general world-wide rule which applies here in Canada is life + 50. There is no obligation for any country to give greater copyright protection to a foreign writer than it would give to its own citizens.
Well, sort of. The "worldwide" rule is no copyright at all. The Berne Convention is life +50, to which we, Canada, and many other nations are signatories. The WIPO treaty is life+70, to which most European nations are signatories, but not Canada and the US. The US, however, added 20 years with the Sonny Bono Disney Corporate Welfare Act. So yes, you can photocopy Mein Kampf in Canada. But we probably shouldn't put it on our San Diego-based server until after the Supreme Court rules the Bono act unconstitutional (which they are likely to do).
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