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The Great Gatsby is in the public domain in all countries but 7: the USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Samoa, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, and Ivory Coast. A
by ernesth 13y ago
The Great Gatsby is in the public domain in all countries but 7:
the USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Samoa, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, and Ivory Coast.
All countries except the USA apply a law that states that books enter the public domain a given number of years after the death of the author. In Europe, it is 70 years, in Canada 50, in Mexico 100. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_copyright_length http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_copyright_len...
- dwild 13y agoIs-it that simple? Chronicle of Narnia is from C.S. Lewis and he died the 22 November 1963, which mean that it will be legal to download it in Canada after November 22? J. R. R. Tolkien died 10 years later, which mean that we should be able to download Lord of the ring legally in 10 years?
- ernesth 13y agoIn fact, you will have to wait until the first of january following the 50th anniversary of the death of the authors for the book to get into the public domain (that's what the "until year end" means), but yes it is that simple.