Re: Public Domain??


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Posted by Current Regulations on February 17, 2004 at 02:15:14:

In Reply to: Public Domain?? posted by Jeff on February 17, 2004 at 01:48:13:

In view of the latest round of copyright legislation, there's a pretty simple rule of thumb: if the work was published before 1923, it's in the public domain. 1923 works won't enter the public domain before 2019. Ask again then.

Please note that editions and arrangments of a pre-1923 work may be themselves protected by copyright, so be sure of your source document.

Things are a bit more complex than I've described, but I've given a pretty good way to guess the likelihood of something being in the public domain.

Chuck(G)




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