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Old March 20th 08, 03:03 AM posted to rec.games.chess.misc,rec.games.chess.politics
The Historian[_2_]
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Default copyright?

On Mar 19, 9:57 am, Rob wrote:
On Mar 19, 7:28 am, samsloan wrote:



On Mar 19, 6:25 am, Rob wrote:


On Mar 19, 6:04 am, samsloan wrote:


You obviously know nothing about copyright law.


In the first place copyright law changed in 1978.


Sam Sloan


It's changed since 1978 too. LOL goofball


The rule that a copyright expires 50 years after the death of the
author first became the law in 1978. Previously, the law had been that
a copyright expires in 28 years regardless of whether the author was
dead or alive.


Sam Sloan


God, Sloan! It must be tough knowing Everything about Everything! LOL

The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. -- Any copyright still in
its renewal term at the time that the Sonny Bono Copyright Term
Extension Act becomes effective shall have a copyright term of 95
years from the date copyright was originally secured.


How does that relate to a book that very well may have been in the
public domain well before that date?
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