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  2. Copyright law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". [1] [2] With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assigns a set of exclusive rights to authors: to make and sell copies of their works, to create derivative works, and to perform or display their works publicly.

  3. Public domain in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the past, a work would enter the public domain in the United States if it was released without a copyright notice. This was true prior to March 1, 1989, but is no longer the case. Any work (of certain, enumerated types) now receives copyright as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium.

  4. Copyright - Wikipedia

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    But if the intended exploitation of the work includes publication (or distribution of derivative work, such as a film based on a book protected by copyright) outside the US, the terms of copyright around the world must be considered. If the author has been dead more than 70 years, the work is in the public domain in most, but not all, countries.

  5. Printer's key - Wikipedia

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    The printer's key, also known as the number line, is a line of text printed on a book's copyright page (often the verso of the title page, especially in English-language publishing) used to indicate the print run of the particular edition. The convention appears in titles published around the middle of the 20th century; it became common ...

  6. Copyright term - Wikipedia

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    The copyright term is the length of time copyright subsists in a work before it passes into the public domain. In most of the world, this length of time is the life of the author plus either 50 or 70 years.

  7. List of copyright terms of countries - Wikipedia

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    10 years from the date of issue from 1 January of the year of issue for photographs; 25 years from the date of production from 1 January of the production year for motion picture or television film. After expiry of copyright, the work "may be announced to be the ownership of the State" (emphasis added). Zambia: Life + 50 years Zimbabwe

  8. History of copyright - Wikipedia

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    The history of copyright starts with early privileges and monopolies granted to printers of books. The British Statute of Anne 1710, full title "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned", was the first copyright statute.

  9. Copyright notice - Wikipedia

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    In books or other printed works, the notice were required to have appeared on the title page or the page immediately following the title page. [10] Under the 1978 US law, a copyright notice must contain the copyright symbol (a lower case letter c completely surrounded by a circle) or its equivalent. The word "copyright" or the abbreviation "Copr."