[LINK] copyright question

[rene]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:16:11 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 10:12 +0930, Steven Clark wrote:
>
>> if the work itself doesn't indicate who holds/held copyright (at or
>> about the time of publication), does it name a publisher? (was the
>> work published?)
>>
>
> The work I have was published in 1944, but the author died in 1936.
> The work was first published before his death though. The publisher
> is long since gone; tracking its possible acquisition path is more
> work than it's worth.
>
> Having looked at various references people have suggested, my
> confidence is increasing that 70 years after his death, copyright is
> no longer there.

Or, it seems (unless I'm misunderstanding doc linked below), 50 years in 
relation to the work in question, under *Australian* law, as a result of 
pre-AUSFTA (2005) rules apparently being applicable to the particular work.

The below may be worth reading, if you haven't already:

Duration of Copyright, Australian Copyright Council, April 2009.
http://www.copyright.org.au/admin/cms-acc1/_images/9381523284d549deb0924a.p
df

Includes several couple of tables for working out whether copyright, under 
AU law, has expired.

Irene