Copyright and author rights question #4

by Writers & Artists
16th November 2020

When does UK copyright end?

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The UK term of copyright is 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author died. If this copyright term for a book has expired, the work is in the public domain and no permission is needed to use the material from the book.

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