A daft idea really, but since the EU changed the laws recently, to standardise at 75 years after death, and the previous was (I think) 50 years after, material copied prior to the change was done so legally, so if you have a photocopy made (outside of copyright) before the term was extended, this is not illegal.
Similarly, if you can download it from a site which held it legally before the law changed, then you are taking on their legal right to hold a copy....Comments?

Nigel