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Originally Posted by teh603
IIRC, its life plus 70 only for non-corporate holdings. Copyrights held by businesses (like Mickey) are life plus 120.
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No. Corporate copyright are 95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation. There is no "life plus" involved, no variables. (This is for works created or published prior to 1978. For works created or published prior to 1978, it's a bit more complicated, but the executive summary is that 95/120 are the
maximum copyright terms.
All works published in the US prior to January 1, 1923
are public domain. Works published after that are only in the public domain if their copyright expired without renewal.)