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Wed 23 Jun, 2004 07:27 pm
Where would I go to find out whether some poems are still under copyright?
Maybe the site offers some help
Maybe this site can offer some help.
Quote: Copyrights Length
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Copyright protection is afforded a much longer period than a patent. If a work is copyright after 1977, the copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. Under the Copyright Extension Act, otherwise known as the Sunny Bono Copyright Extension Act, for works published before 1978 with existing copyrights as of the CTEA's effective date, the CTEA extends the term to 95 years from publication.
However, any work published in the United States before 1923 are now in the public domain (this includes, for instance, the works of Mark Twain).
http://www.legal-database.com/intellectualproperty.htm
http://www.legal-database.com/copyright-length.htm
Good luck and best wishes! :-) -- Charli[/color]
Publish them yourself. If you get sued you'll know they are still under copyright.
NickFun wrote:Publish them yourself. If you get sued you'll know they are still under copyright.
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