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Public Domain Wizard

The work you wish to use may be in the public domain, in which case you are free to use it without permission. To determine whether a work is or may be in the public domain in Canada, enter the data as indicated below. You may omit answers which are not applicable or about which you are unsure. If you don't know the date of an author's death, try the web link ahead of that field.

EXAMPLE: if an author created a work in January 1882, and died in July 1940, copyright protection in that work would expire on December 31, 1990. If there are joint authors, the 50 year period clock would begin at the end of the year of death of the last surviving author.




TYPE OF WORK
Sound Recording (ie. record, CD, cassette)
Text (ie. book, magazine)
Music Composition (ie. song, score)

If a copyright (or renewal) notice for the work is present, enter the year:
Year of Copyright
If no copyright notice for the work is present, enter the year of publication:
Year of Publication
If the work is a sound recording, enter the year in which it was issued or the latest year it was re-issued:
Year Issued
If the work is text or a music composition, enter the year of death of the author or composer:[The Date of Death Information web link will help you find many 20th century authors' death dates, relevant to the expiry of copyrights.]
Year of death


IF THE WIZARD INDICATES THE WORK IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, YOU MAY USE IT FREELY. GOOD LUCK!

IF THE WIZARD INDICATES THE WORK IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, YOU CAN DETERMINE IF YOUR USE QUALIFIES AS AN EXCEPTION TO COPYRIGHT BY CLICKING ON THE ARROW TO CONTINUE WITH THE
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