Copyright

[UKNeil]

Not sure if this is the right part of the forum for this but...
When does copyright end on a book or booklet? For instance is Annemans work still under copyright?

[Ian Kendall]

Depends. In the UK it's 70 years after the death of the author.

[Richard Kaufman]

I think, assuming the work is not "a work for hire," that copyright ends 75 or 95 years after the death of the author. However, in this case, most of the books published by Max Holden's never had their copyright renewed after 26 years (as used to be the law). Thus anything published by Holden's is now in public domain.

[Joe Lyons]

Here's a good reference:

https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copy ... blicdomain

[UKNeil]

Thankyou gentlemen. Most helpful.

[Chris Aguilar]

I think, assuming the work is not "a work for hire," that copyright ends 75 or 95 years after the death of the author. However, in this case, most of the books published by Max Holden's never had their copyright renewed after 26 years (as used to be the law). Thus anything published by Holden's is now in public domain.

This is true for a huge number of books (i.e. copyright never renewed, hence in the public domain).

Of course, one has to verify it was never renewed, which is possible but not always easy.