Joe, You were almost long enough on copyright length (at least here in the U.S.)!
Reference www.loc.gov/copyright/faq.html FAQ #46 basically states that a copyright is effective for 70 years after the death of the creator (or last creator, if more than one), but can be 95 years, or 120 years, after the death of the [last] creator. Since copyrights protect creative works, a corporation cannot get a copyright on anything, however, a person who has his/her work copyright can assign the copyright to a company. Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona Joe da Silva wrote: . > John, I don't know what you are confusing with copyright (since . > patents don't run out for 17 years or something - from memory). . > Copyright lasts even longer than patents (is it 50 years after the . > author has expired?)! . > Anything you have heard about DOS or W95 copyright "expiring" . > is, well ... crap!
