[or-roots] Copyrights

[Kith-n-Kin]

This from the http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#hlc

>>Works Originally Created and Published or Registered before January 1, 1978
Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured either on the date a work was published with a
copyright notice or on the date of registration if the work was registered in unpublished form. In either
case, the copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured. During the last
(28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. The Copyright Act of 1976 extended
the renewal term from 28 to 47 years for copyrights that were subsisting on January 1, 1978, or for
pre-1978 copyrights restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), making these works eligible
for a total term of protection of 75 years. Public Law 105-298, enacted on October 27, 1998, further
extended the renewal term of copyrights still subsisting on that date by an additional 20 years, providing
for a renewal term of 67 years and a total term of protection of 95 years.

Public Law 102-307, enacted on June 26, 1992, amended the 1976 Copyright Act to provide for automatic
renewal of the term of copyrights secured between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977. Although the
renewal term is automatically provided, the Copyright Office does not issue a renewal certificate for
these works unless a renewal application and fee are received and registered in the Copyright Office.

Public Law 102-307 makes renewal registration optional. Thus, filing for renewal registration is no longer
required in order to extend the original 28-year copyright term to the full 95 years. However, some
benefits accrue from making a renewal registration during the 28th year of the original term.

For more detailed information on renewal of copyright and the copyright term, request Circular 15,
"Renewal of Copyright"; Circular 15a, "Duration of Copyright"; and Circular 15t, "Extension of Copyright
Terms." <<


So, based on 1958, plus 28 gives you (click on the calculator here) 1986, so it was "subsisting" on 1 Jan
1978, so, I guess if it was "renewed" it has an additional 47 years? 2033. 

Yah, I agree, you need to find out if they renewed the copyright. Ask them?  They probably don't care
anyway, unless they are re-printing, digitizing, or selling the rights.

Pat

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|Since it is a 1958 publication I wouldn't think so, but then I 
|don;t know that much about copyrights, I guess what I need to 
|do is bite the bullet and look them up again and spend the 
|money for a phone call.
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|Les
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