At 02:01 PM 3/22/2009, Laverne wrote:
> Any material published prior to 1923 could have been renewed, many
> were not but some were.
>
Any material published prior to 1923 was subject to the 1909 law (28
years plus possible renewal for 28 years) and was not eligible for
the extension enacted in the 1976 Copyright Act. See
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15t.html#a
"Works published before January 1, 1923, have fallen into the public domain"
and to repeat my previous:
>
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html#before2
> "Therefore, the U.S. copyright in any work published or copyrighted
> prior to January 1, 1923, has expired by operation of law, and the
> work has permanently fallen into the public domain in the United States."
Pat
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