On 4/25/06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
It's also important to remember that works published before 1989 in the US had to have a copyright notice. Without that they were and continue to be in the public domain. Copyright then was not automatic.
Just to be picky (as one should be, I suppose, with legal things) -- works published in the US between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice are in the public domain; works published between 1978 until March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice and *without subsequent registration* are in the public domain.
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