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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It applied to any work still in copyright.
I suspect that this is the table you found previously:
https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain
Yes, it's very complex. But your understanding of it is incorrect.
The particular line that applies from the Cornell table is
1924 through 1963 : Published with notice and the copyright was renewed : 95 years after publication date
But if you prefer sources from the US government, that same leaflet you linked to says this about works that had already had their copyright renewed (bold added):
"Works originally copyrighted after 1922 and renewed before
1978. These works were automatically given a longer copyright
term. Copyrights that had already been renewed and
were in their second term at any time between December 31,
1976, and December 31, 1977, inclusive, do not need to be
renewed again. They have been automatically extended to
last for a total term of 95 years (a first term of 28 years plus a
renewal term of 67 years) from the end of the year in which
they were originally secured." |
If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. Won't be the first time, won't be the last.
Yes, that's the document that I was talking about, Thanks for finding it. It spells things out in great detail. You are correct about the Well of the Unicorn. No idea if the Pratt book is someone taking advantage of orphaned works, or if whomever holds the copyright has decided to put of some of his books. Quite a few of his non fiction work showed up.