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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Nate, this brings in a piece of copyright law that I'm not fully knowledgeable about. How do works for hire copyright length get set? Particularly in a life + 50 country? Since Laurence Donovan died in 1950, life + 50 should be 2000 (i.e.public domain in a life + 50 country). How is that being overridden? (anybody else who knows the answer, please chime in.) RSE
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There are different rules when an entity (corporation, etc) owns a copyright. In this case it is based on the date the item was first published. From the US Government copyright FAQ:
For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first.
Other countries may be different.
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