15 Jan
2003
15 Jan
'03
2:56 p.m.
The Supreme Court just blessed the law of 1998 extending the 75 years of copyright protection to 95 years. (See <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/15/business/15CND-COPY.html>.) This isn't great news for The People, who benefit by having works fall into the public domain. Question: What happens to works that received their copyright between 1909 and 1922 ? These fell into the public domain before the 1998 law, but were copyrighted less than 95 years ago. Do they stay in the public domain or revert to the copyright holders? --Dan