[LINK] copyright question

[Kim Holburn]

On 2011/Apr/04, at 12:04 PM, Karl Auer wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 11:38 +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> It's 70 years after the writer's death or the date of publication
>> whichever comes last, if it was written and published in Australia.
>> Newspaper/magazine/journal articles may be different.
> 
> That would mean that copyright stays alive indefinitely as long as the
> copyright holder keeps (re-)publishing the work.
> 
> I believe the "70 years from date of publication" is a) actually 70
> years from FIRST publication and b) actually only for works first
> published after the author's death. 

Yes, quite, sorry I put it badly.  I should have said 70 years after the authors death or the date of first publication whichever comes last.

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