Transcription of Duration of Copyright 15 Circular
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WCircular 15a2 of CopyrightThe provisions of Copyright law dealing with Duration are complex. Different standards apply depending on whether federal statutory Copyright protection was secured before or on or after January 1, 1978, the date the current law the Copyright Act of 1976 took effect. In addition, several amendments enacted since January 1, 1978, affect Duration . This Circular describes the changes to the law that affect Duration and gives details about terms of protection for copy-rights secured and renewed on certain First Securing Federal Statutory protection on or after January 1, 1978 For works securing federal statutory protection for the first time on or after January 1, 1978, the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended in 1998, establishes a single Copyright term and different methods for computing the Duration of a Copyright .
Duration of Copyright · 2 Works Already Under Statutory Protection before 1978 For works that had already secured statutory copyright pro-tection before January 1, 1978, the 1976 Copyright Act retains
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