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Copyright Laws
Copyright Laws
The Tampico Area Historical Society encompasses parts of Whiteside County and Bureau County in Illinois. Focus is on Tampico, Hume Twp., Hahnaman/Deer Grove, & Prophetstown in Whiteside County & Yorktown & Thomas in Bureau County.
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Denise
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Oct 14, 2004
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EXPERT ADVICE: HARD COPY
Got copyright conundrums? Here's a quick-and-dirty way to tell
whether that old diary or photo is covered. For more genealogist-
friendly copyright advice, see the December 2004 Family Tree
Magazine, on newsstands Oct. 19.
Due to complicated, changing laws, copyright duration depends
on when a work was created and if it was published. Here are
simplified guidelines (although exceptions apply). See
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/
Hirtle_ Public_Domain.htm for details:
* Works published before Jan. 1, 1923, are in the public domain
(meaning anyone can use, adapt or copy them freely).
* Works published between 1923 and 1963 were protected for
28 years--but the copyright could be renewed for 47 years, then
extended for another 20. If the copyright wasn't renewed, the work
is in the public domain. About 85 percent of works published
during this period aren't protected anymore.
* If a work was published between 1964 and 1977, the copyright
lasts a total of 95 years.
* Any published or unpublished work created on or after
Jan. 1, 1978, is protected for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
* A work created before Jan. 1, 1978, and published between that
date and Dec. 31, 2002, is protected for the life of the creator
plus 70 years or until Dec. 31, 2047, whichever is greater.
Confused? You can assume that anything published within the
past 75 years is protected by copyright.
--Sharon Debartolo Carmack
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack is a Family Tree Magazine
contributing editor
Reprinted with permission from Family Tree Magazine Email
Update, copyright 2004 F+W Publications Inc. To subscribe to
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Denise, Tampico Area Historical Society
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