I dont believ it is fifty or one hudred years....... I think they have to re-newed aver so often
2007-04-13 06:30:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
50 years i believe
2007-04-13 06:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The laws have been changed a lot over the last century. Renewal is prettymuch a given for any copyright held by a corporation. Not because it's easy, but because corporations saw too many properties go public domain, then get heavy use, so now all copyrighted works are jealously gaurded.
I believe, now, the copyright term can go as long as 75 years, and it can be pushed out with sufficient legal action - as Disney just did to keep the first appearance of Mickey Mouse out of the public domain, for instance.
Frankly, it's stifling literature in the so-called 'free world.'
2007-04-13 06:36:37 · answer #2 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the following contained in the united kingdom copyright lasts for 70 years after the author has died, then it passes into the customary public area until eventually it really is owned by technique of a registered business organization then its til the business organization ceases paying for and promoting, that's why some authors and photographers (or their descendants) set up businesses as then copyright will be handed down the line. With books it relies upon on the deal the publishers had with the author, each so often the author keeps copyright, each so often the writer has offered each and each of the rights, it really is going to inform you contained in the books fly sheet. Chris
2016-12-03 23:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Copyrights issued after 1978 last for "the author's life plus seventy years." Copyrights do not have to be renewed anymore.
You'll find all of this information "straight from the horse's mouth" at the Library of Congress' Copyright Office Web Site which I've cited below:
2007-04-13 06:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life of the author + 70 years
or 120 years if owner of copyright is a corporation (i think)
2007-04-13 06:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by BigD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type of work. It's normally somewhere between 50 and 100 years.
There are a few exceptions. The Peter Pan novel has been granted eternal copyright.
2007-04-13 06:34:53 · answer #6 · answered by bergab_hase 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Generally speaking, the lifetime of the author plus 70 years.
However, for anything older than the 1970s, the rules get quite complicated.
See here for more details:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_does_a_copyright_last
2007-04-13 06:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by Karenlee P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The copyright lasts as long as the item is being produced or is still being manufactured, or in other words, it could be around for a millenium, maybe longer.
2007-04-13 06:33:46 · answer #8 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
as long as Walt Disney can make money from Mickey Mouse, and buy off Congress with the profit.
2007-04-13 06:33:47 · answer #9 · answered by 2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
17 years on written works, I thought.
2007-04-13 06:32:11 · answer #10 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋