Editing Gone with the Wind (novel) (section)

=== Copyright status ===
''Gone with the Wind'' has been in the [[public domain]] in Australia and Canada since 1999 (50 years after Margaret Mitchell's death).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/technology/one-internet-many-copyright-laws.html|title=One Internet, Many Copyright Laws|last=Shannon|first=Victoria|date=November 8, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 30, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On January 1, 2020, the book entered the public domain in the European Union ([[2020_in_public_domain#Entering_the_public_domain_in_countries_with_life_+_70_years|70 years after the author's death]]). Under an extension of copyright law, ''Gone with the Wind'' will not enter the public domain in the United States until January 1, 2032.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/technology/one-internet-many-copyright-laws.html|title=One Internet, Many Copyright Laws|last=Shannon|first=Victoria|date=November 8, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 30, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>