Illustration of 70 year expire of Danish Copyright (da: <i><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophavsret" class="extiw" title="da:Ophavsret">ophavsret</a></i>) §63. The author dies in 1939 (red). Beginning with the next year the work is still protected for 70 complete years (yellow). After those 70 years, on janurary 1st the following year (2010) the work is ineglible for copyright (green).
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