Re: start of copyright period

From: Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 19:30:26 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 26 May 2000, Staffan Teste <teste[_at_]blf.se> wrote:
>
> On 7 Apr 2000, Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Copyright in an unpublished work begins when it is created. It
> > lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.
>
> Is it really so simple? I heard it about text and music. But how
> about photos. If a photographer keeps his negative unpublished and
> somebody buy it 50 years after his dead, when does the copyright
> start and end?

The life + 70 rules applies to every type of unpublished work.

Stephen Fishman
<sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>

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