2007-03-03 17:13:29 · 8 answers · asked by ? 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No.
Period of copyright is only for 50 years.
After that it cannot be issued again.
2007-03-03 17:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by tintin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to wait for copyrights to expire. The copyright office does not evaluate your claims of authorship. The National Anthem is one of the most copyrighted songs in the US. How many of these registrations would prove valid in an infringment action - none.
So if your copyright were to ever come up for litigation, you would then be expected to prove you were the original author, or had an unbroken link of rights transfers from the original author.
A lot of people think like you and copyright all kinds of works they did not compose. It is just a waste of registration fees, it will get you nothing and potentially land you in jail for fraud.
2007-03-04 17:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because they didn't create it or have the copyright transferred to them. If a copyright on a work expires without renewal, it becomes public domain.
2007-03-04 10:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You can't copyright someone else's intellectual property without getting the rights to it from them. They don't lose their rights just because the copyright expires. You would be allowed to use the material, but you couldn't claim ownership of it.
2007-03-04 01:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by normobrian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's free to all after the copyright expires.
2007-03-04 01:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally not. There are common law rights too, 'moral rights' etc. If it is 'in the public domain' that would be different, but then no one could copyright it.
2007-03-04 01:17:34 · answer #6 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It goes into the Public Domain, where anyone can use it without royalty.
2007-03-04 01:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by Guncrazy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so
2007-03-04 01:16:09 · answer #8 · answered by Fanny D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋