Re: S.505 Signed

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 20:48:27 -0800

On 11/2/98, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
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> 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.

Except for works that were not published or copyrighted before 1/1/78. See 17 U.S.C. sec. 303. So, as I understand it, if a work was created in 1970 but not published until 1985, the copyright would endure until the author died + 70 years.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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