Copyright stuff

I have trouble watching or downloading some movies on Youtube because of copyright laws (we don't have them, so You tube won't let us watch them for fear we'll steal them)

But it works both ways: Project Gutenburg has Canadian and Australian sites, and some of their books can't be downloaded thanks to Copyright laws.

this title most likely remains copyrighted under United States law, where works copyrighted in 1923 or later can remain under copyright for up to 95 years after publication. It may also be copyrighted in European Union countries and other countries where copyrights can last longer than 50 years past the author's death. 

translation: You can't read them unless your library has them or they are popular enough to be republished.

This week, Project Gutenburg Canada has Nevile Shute's books, but not if you are in the USA... 

actually I have a couple of his books here, but was happy to get PiedPiper, which I hadn't read but saw the movie.

he is more famous for A Town Like Alice, and his classic anti war film, On the Beach.