Xoc - 12:57 am on Oct 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

I know that the life of the author plus 70 years is pretty standard across national boundaries. Everything I wrote only applies to the U.S.

I should add two more facts, anything written before 1882, regardless of when it was copyrighted will become public domain on January 1, 2003. And anyone who died more than 70 years ago (rounded up to the next whole year) will also be public domain. [url=http://www.llrx.com/features/digitization2.htm#2003]reference[/url].

Of course, I'm not a lawyer, just distilling facts from various web sites, so get professional help if it's truly important.