To: supercat
Copyrights expire after a certain number of years, and also have some relation to the live of the author. That used to be 75 years. As a result, Irvin Berlin outlived his copyright on "Alexander's Ragtime Band," which he wrote when he was 21.
Copyright information is kept at the Library of Congress.
John / Billybob
16 posted on
12/09/2005 12:12:43 AM PST by
Congressman Billybob
(Do you think Fitzpatrick resembled Captain Queeg, coming apart on the witness stand?)
To: Congressman Billybob
Copyrights expire after a certain number of years, and also have some relation to the live of the author. That used to be 75 years. As a result, Irvin Berlin outlived his copyright on "Alexander's Ragtime Band," which he wrote when he was 21. Life of author plus seventy years, with no registration requirement. Which leads to my question: if a piece of work is labeled "Copyright 1980 John Smith", how could someone in 2100 determine whether the author had died before 2030?
23 posted on
12/09/2005 12:53:12 AM PST by
supercat
(Sony delinda est.)
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