The Length of Literary Copyright

. The United States gives twenty-eight years, with the right of extension for fourteen more; in all, forty-two years. Mexico, Guatemala, and Venezuela, in perpetuity. Colombia and Spain, author’s life and eighty years after. Belgium, Ecuador, Norway, Peru, Russia, and Tunis, author’s life and fifty years after. Italy, author’s life and forty years after; the full term to be eighty years in any event. France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, author’s life and thirty years after. Hayti, author’s life, widow’s life, childrens’ lives, and twenty years after the close of the latest period. Brazil, Sweden, and Roumania, author’s life and ten years after. Great Britain, author’s life and seven years after his decease; to be forty-two years in any event. Bolivia, full term of author’s life. Denmark and Holland, fifty years. Japan, author’s life and five years after. South Africa, author’s life; fifty years in any event.