We have been seeing that many books published with copyright notice like: > Copyright © by xyz publication.<br> All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright owner. Now I want to know: - How long this copyright last or sustain? - How do I check if copyright is expired or not? - Can books used as in public domain after expiration of copyright? If a book doesn't have any copyright notice, then can it be used as in public domain? Note: My concern is for scanned versions of books.