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From: "Desmond Allen" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Copyright question
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:49:39 -0500
References: <00b001c57101$3c928b30$6401a8c0@richard2kgrcz4>


There's a good book on this topic, but it doesn't cover the latest copyright
laws: _Researching Copyright Renewal: A Guide to Information and Procedure_
by Iris J. Wildman and Rhonda Carlson (Littleton, Colo.: Fred B. Rothman &
Co., 1989).

Desmond Walls Allen
Arkansas Research, Inc.
PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033
501/470-1120 voice and fax
www.ArkansasResearch.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Pence" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [APG] Copyright question


> Dave McDonald <> wrote:
>
>> As near as I can tell, 75 years was the maximum allowed on copyright
> before
>> a work was added to the public domain.
>
> OK. Found it. From 1923 to 1964, the original copyright period was 28
> years.
> This was renewable for an addition 47 years - Making a total of 75.
>
>> From 1978 onward, original copyright was 75 years.
>
> No. Life of creator plus *70* years.
>
>> From 1964 until 1977, copyright could be renewed to a total of 75 years.
>
> Lolly Gasaway says for 1965 to 1978: "28 years for first term; now
> automatic
> extension of 67 years for second term," making 95 years in all.
>
>> 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.)
>
> Couldn't find anything on this one.
>
>> 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.
>
> I think that is correct.
>
> Richard
>
> ______________________________

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