Re: S.505 Signed

On Fri, Oct 30, 1998, George L. Abbott <glabbott[_at_]library.syr.edu> wrote:
>
> Joseph Pietro Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com> wrote:
> >
> >. These provisions will become effective
> > 90 days after the signing of S. 505.
> >
> > In sorrow,
>
> 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?

Title I of S. 505, the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act," went into effect on the date of enactment (Oct. 28, 1998) (see section 104).

The effective date is delayed for 90 days only with respect to the provisions in Title II, which amend section 110(5) of the Copyright Act in respect of certain public performances of musical works by restaurants and certain other commercial establishments (see section 207).

Susan Mann
<mann[_at_]jsdks.com> Received on Fri Oct 30 1998 - 16:42:23 GMT