Copyright written word 1907 author died 1930.

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  wildhairyhaggis · Member · Oct 4, 2011 at 1:44 pm

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  I want to start a new blog and have a paragraph of an author’s work as the lead item/introduction. The book was written in 1907 and the author died in 1930. Is it legal for me to do this as it is over firty years since their death?

  I am also using the book title, but I beleive this is ok as there is no copyright on titles.

  Thanks for your help

  Martin

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  micahcooksey · Member · Oct 4, 2011 at 2:13 pm

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  My understanding is that if the author has been dead for 70+ years their works become public domain unless someone else renews the copyright. You might do some research on copyright.gov to make sure, though.

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm

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  Disclaimer – I am not a lawyer – one paragraph if you properly attribute where the quote came from I would not think would be an issue.

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  wildhairyhaggis · Member · Oct 4, 2011 at 3:02 pm

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  Thanks for your help, just found the answer on Twitter and you’re both right.