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From: lm03_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Larry Moss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New upstart computer company makes an announcement!
Summary: Finally, an answer to everyone's question.
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Date: 23 Oct 89 19:10:14 GMT
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Reply-To: lm03_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Larry Moss)
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Since everyone's been talking about this, I thought it was about time to
find the circular that the copyright office distributes with the
copyright application.  Here it is (I assume I'm allowed to copy this :-)

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		HOW LONG COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ENDURES	

Works Originally Copyrighted on or After January 1, 1978

A work that is created on or after January 1, 1978 is automatically
protected from teh moment of its dreation and is ordinarily given a term
enduring for hte author's life, plus an additional 50 years after the
author's death.  In the case of a "joint work prepared by two or more
authors that did not work for hire," the term lasts for 50 years after
the last surviving author's death.  For works made for hire and for
anonymous and pseudonymous works, the duration of copyright will be 75
years from publication or 100 years from creation, whichever is shorter.

Works that were created, but not published or registered fo copyright
before January 1, 1978, have been automatically brought under the statute
and are nowgiven Federal copyright protection.  The duration of
caopyright in these works will generally be computed in the same way as
for works created on or after Jan. 1, 1978: the life-plus-50 or 75/100
year terms will apply to them as well.  The law provides that in no case
will the term of copyright for works in this category expire before Dec.
31, 2002, and for works published on or before Dec. 31, 2002, the term of
copyright will not expire before Dec 31, 2027.


Works Copyrghted Before January 1, 1978

Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured either on the
date a work was published or on the date of regstration if the work was
registered in unpublished form.  In either case, the copyright endured
for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured.  During the
last year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal.  The
current copyright law has extended the renewal term from 28 to 47 years
for copyrights that were subsisting on January 1, 1978, making these
works eligible for a total term of protection of 75 years. However, the
copyright must be renewed to receive the 47-year period of added
protection.

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So, I guess the posting that started all of this copyright infringement
:-)
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