RE: [Ogf-l] Legacy products and non-copyrightable material

[Dallas Bolyard]

Hehe, According to my Law text, revised in 2000, a copyright is automatic, does not require registration and expires 50 years after the death of the author. Copyrights owned by a publishing house expire 100 years from date of creation or 75 years from date of publication, whichever comes first. For works by more then one author, copyright expires 50 years after the death of the last surviving author. Two different answers, this illustrates that if you don’t know or aren’t sure; review it with your attorney.     Dallas   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rogers Cadenhead Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] Legacy products and non-copyrightable material   At 01:21 PM 11/1/2001 -0600, Jonathan M. Thompson wrote: Copyright on a work is the life of the author plus 75 years. In the U.S., for works created on Jan. 1, 1978, or afterward, copyright begins on the day the work is fixed in a tangible medium of expression, and it ends 70 years after the author dies (or, if the creator is a corporation, the shorter of 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation). A good summary of copyright terms I rely on is here: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm Rogers Cadenhead E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.cadenhead.org