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The Magic Copryright Chart

March 24th, 2010 · Comments Off · Copyright

Cornell has graciously published a chart explaining both what is already in the public domain and when works are scheduled to enter the public domain under existing United States law. Under current copyright law, if someone stumbled across the missing suitcase of Hemingway’s short stories (described in my post below) and his heirs decided — [...]

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Relax, You Already Have a Copyright

February 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Copyright

Many artists operate under the mistaken belief that unless the copyright symbol © appears next to the title of their work, then their novels, screenplays, lyrics, poems, manuscripts and other assorted  jottings aren’t protected by the copyright laws.  Fortunately, this assumption — while historically accurate — no longer holds true today.  Under the copyright laws [...]

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