Re: S.505 Signed

On 11/01/98, Larry Urbanski <larryu[_at_]interaccess.com> wrote:
>
> So if we are looking for works for hire, for example, works 1922 on
> down are in the public domain. ALL of 1923 are still under copyright?

All works first published in 1922 or earlier are in the public domain in the U.S. ALL works first published in 1923 or later are POTENTIALLY still under copyright in the U.S. [Need to know if the author/publisher complied with the relevant formalities at the time of publication, and the copyright was renewed.] The analysis is not limited to works made for hire, because "life plus X years" duration applies only to works created on or after January 1, 1978.

Tyler T. Ochoa
Associate Professor
Whittier Law School
<tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 20:22:35 GMT