This came up the other day and someone emailed me off-list suggesting it wasn't true. Since we've never had a real discussion about it, I should explain:
> 17 U.S. Code § 203 - Termination of transfers and licenses > granted by the author > > (a) Conditions for Termination.—In the case of any work > other than a work made for hire, the exclusive or nonexclusive > grant of a transfer or license of copyright or of any right under > a copyright, executed by the author on or after January 1, 1978, > otherwise than by will, is subject to termination under the > following conditions: >... > (3) Termination of the grant may be effected at any time during > a period of five years beginning at the end of thirty-five years > from the date of execution of the grant; or, if the grant covers the > right of publication of the work, the period begins at the end of > thirty-five years from the date of publication of the work under > the grant or at the end of forty years from the date of execution > of the grant, whichever term ends earlier. So, we still have 19 years, but, we're almost halfway there. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
