Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 1998/04

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Copyright
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 19:29:09 -0500

bert.six@-----.edu wrote:
> There wouldn't be any problem here, because when you talk intergalactic,
> you talk of long light years. And remember that when a copyright holder
> is dead for over 50 years, the copyright expires.

Ah - but if the copyright holder is travelling at close
to the speed of light then the copyright holder will
be alive in our time-space for a _very_ long time.

Anyway, the 50 year term is only for works created after
January 1, 1978. The law:

Duration of Copyright

Works created after January 1, 1978 will be protected for
the life of the composer (author) plus 50 years. Copyrights
in effect on that date, if renewed, will continue for 75
years from the date copyright was originally secured.

Those works in their initial 28-year period of copyright on
January 1, 1978 can be renewed for an additional 47
years, while the copyright of works in their renewal term
on that date were automatically extended for an
additional 19 years.

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