Copyright Table
|
Written |
Publishing Information |
Copyright Details |
Entity Author |
Individual Author |
| before 1964 | Published with a copyright notice | Copyright NOT renewed 28 years later | Free Use NOW (Public Domain) | Free Use NOW (Public Domain) |
| before 1964 | Published with a copyright notice | Copyright Renewed 28 years later | Free Use 96 years after original publication date | Free Use 96 years after original publication date |
| 1964 - 1978 | Published with a copyright notice | Copyright Renewal NOT required | Free Use 96 years after original publication date | Free Use 96 years after original publication date |
| 1978 to Present | Formal Publishing and copyright NOT required | Copyright NOT required at all | Free Use 96 years after date of creation | Free Use 71 years after the DEATH of the author |
| before 1978 | NOT Published or registered for Copyright | NOT registered for Copyright | Free Use 121 years after date of creation | Free Use 71 years after the DEATH of the author |
| before 1989 | Published, BUT WITHOUT a copyright notice | NO Copyright notice at creation | Free Use NOW | Free Use NOW |
| Reprinted Works | 2nd Publication, Original Copyright expired | Original Copyright Expired | Free Use NOW - Reprint is not protected from copying | Free Use NOW - Reprint is not protected from copying |
| Reprinted Works | 2nd Publication Original was NOT Copyrighted | Original was NOT Copyrighted | Free Use 121 years after date of creation | Free Use 71 years after the DEATH of the author |
| Federal Court Records | Free Use NOW | Free Use NOW | ||
| State Court Records | Free Use NOW | Free Use NOW | ||
| Records Abstraction | Abstraction Style is Protected | Facts are Free Use NOW | Facts are Free Use NOW | |
| Web Pages | Design is Protected | Facts are Free Use NOW | Facts are Free Use NOW | |
| Compilations of Information such as Telephone books | Design is Protected | Facts are Free Use NOW | Facts are Free Use NOW |
Please use this table as a guide only. It is not to be construed as legal advice. The author, Natalie Cottrill, http://www.progenealogists.com is not a lawyer and assumes no legal responsibility for the use or misuse of the information above.
Compiled June 1999 with the assistance of:
Dennis S. Karjala, Professor of Law
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona 85287-7906
602-965-4010 602-965-2427 (fax)
