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Works enter the public domain when ''the term of the copyright has expired.''' | Works enter the public domain when ''the term of the copyright has expired.''' | ||
New works are covered 50 years or more beyond the death of the author (70 years in some countries such as the USA and Australia) so only quite old works are public domain.<ref>Under the Berne Convention, all works except photographic and cinematographic are copyrighted for at least 50 years after the author's death, but signatory countries are free to provide longer terms.<br>See [[wikipedia: List of countries' copyright length]] | New works are covered 50 years or more beyond the death of the author (70 years in some countries such as the USA and Australia) so only quite old works are public domain.<ref>Under the Berne Convention, all works except photographic and cinematographic are copyrighted for at least 50 years after the author's death, but signatory countries are free to provide longer terms.<br>See [[wikipedia: List of countries' copyright length]].</ref> | ||
== How can public domain be used? == | == How can public domain be used? == |