Happy Public Domain Day!
Jan 1, 2004 · 1 minute readIn Canada: if an author passed away in 1953, his or her works have now passed into the public domain.
In the US and UK: if an author passed away in 1933, her or his works are now free for all to copy, modify, or adapt. (extra UK info: all sound and TV recordings from 1953 or before are now common property, and all published articles from 1978 have also slipped into the public domain)