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From: "Trevia W Beverly" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Copyright question
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:34:36 -0500
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Just received yesterday a copy of the following book for review .. which
I'll try to get to in a day or two. But at glance, I'd say all of us who
are researchers as well as writers would benefit from it....

Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. "Carmack's Guide to Copyright & Contracts. A
Primer for Genealogists, Writers & Researchers" (Baltimore MD: Genealogical
Publishing Co., 2005). Paper, 119 pp., $15.95. A quick glance tells me
she addresses the current law and some very interesting areas of newspaper
obituaries, diaries, client reports, lecture/lesson materials, Fair Use &
Public Domain, etc. I'd say the book would be well worth a place in your
personal reference collection if you have any questions at all about
copyright.

Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Harris County, Texas


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Subject: Re: [APG] Copyright question


> As near as I can tell, 75 years was the maximum allowed on copyright
before a
> work was added to the public domain.
>
> From 1978 onward, original copyright was 75 years.
> From 1964 until 1977, copyright could be renewed to a total of 75 years.
The
> work also had to carry a (c) or "copyright" notice. (Had to be renewed
after
> an initial 28-year period.)
>
> In 1998, the 105th Congress passed a law adding 25 years to most work
still
> under copyright protection. (Named in honor of the late Congressman Sonny
Bono,
> it was largely a product of Walt Disney Company's lobbyists, which wanted
to
> protect its interests in Mickey Mouse.)
>
> Copyright protection is now apparently the lifetime of the creator, plus
70
> years; if a corporate authorship situation, 95 years from publication, or
120
> years from creation, whichever happens sooner.
>
>
http://www.lib.csufresno.edu/libraryinformation/campus/copyright/faqcopyright.
> pdf
>
> FWIW,
> Dave McDonald CG(sm)
> De Forest, WI
>
> "CG" and "Certified Genealogist" are registered marks of the Board for
> Certification of Genealogists, Washington, DC, and are used by licensed
associates
> following periodic peer-reviewed competency evaluations.
>
>
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