Re: S.505 Signed

Joseph Pietro Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com> wrote:
>

>. These provisions will become effective


>      90 days after the signing of S. 505.

As I read the announcement of the President's signing of S.505 it notes the provisions become effective 90 days after signing.

Does this mean that from Midnight on January 1, 1999 until 11:59pm on January 20, 1999 the old provisions apply and that in fact some works do enter the public domain. -- For that period of time (20 days)? -- Or permanently, since I think I saw someone write that you could not take a work out of public domain?

George L. Abbott
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Syracuse University Library
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Internet: glabbott[_at_]syr.edu Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 18:58:20 GMT