[LM_NET] GEN: Copyright Duration

[Sybil Finemel <sfinemel@COMCAST.NET>]

With all the discussion on copyright on LM_NET here is webpage posted this
week on Librarians' Index to the Internet:

 http://lii.org/


Copyright Duration

A flowchart for determining whether copyright is still in effect in the
United States for a copyrighted work. The site notes that "generally, when
you think of copyright term, you think in terms of the author's lifespan,
plus some bonus years. However, as Congress keeps extending the bonus
years," calculating the duration becomes more difficult. Does not provide
citations to applicable laws. From a company that provides copyright
registration services.
http://www.benedict.com/info/Law/LawDuration.aspx


Copyright 2004 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, LII.


Sybil Finemel

Library Director MLIS.CIO.

Los Angeles CA

Contributor, lii.org, Librarians' Index to the Internet http://lii.org/

Virtual Reference Desk Volunteer

24/7 Reference Librarian.

sfinemel@comcast.net

"Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe,
corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant,
steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in."

Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

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