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pdurrant: This is the part that confuses me. I can't for the life of me figure out what it means. It seems to give 24 years starting in 1978 except for the part where it give at minimum 45 years for anything published before 2003 and says nothing about what happens after December 31'st 2002.
(a) Copyright in a work created before January 1, 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or copyrighted, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for the term provided by section 302. In no case, however, shall the term of copyright in such a work expire before December 31, 2002; and, if the work is published on or before December 31, 2002, the term of copyright shall not expire before December 31, 2047.
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