To: spyone
How long till a book/music goes into the public domain? Cynical answer: Number of years since Disney produced Steamboat Willie plus a few years because it keeps on being extended to protect Mickey Mouse.
Official answer from the government: http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html#duration
Other countries have different rules.
11 posted on
07/31/2009 8:27:16 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Obama's medical nationalization bill reads like Atlas Shrugged with doctors instead of railroads.)
To: KarlInOhio
it keeps on being extended to protect Mickey Mouse Something like Mickey Mouse should be protected under trademark rather than copyright. It would make more sense.
12 posted on
07/31/2009 8:39:59 PM PDT by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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