Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Bruce E. Hayden <bhayden[_at_]ieee.org> wrote:
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> Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
> >
> > Could someone please tell me the actual lengths of term for copyright
> > and patent in the US (for new applications)?
>
> Copyright: life + 50 unless corporate/work for hire, then 75 years.

This is section 302 of the USCA 1976. It deals with work made for hire as well as Anonynmous and Psuedonymous works. There is an alternative:

	either 75 years from the date of first publication
	or 100 years form the date of creation. 

Alan Ragueneau
raguenea[_at_]student.law.ucla.edu
Master in Intellectual Property (Nantes - France) LLM in Intellectual Property (UCLA - 1998 - 1999) Received on Tue Sep 22 1998 - 18:56:40 GMT