how long does a copyright last if the works were created on or after January 1st 1978? - correct answer
✔✔for the life of the author, plus 70 years after his or her death
how long does a copyright last if the works were published after 1923 but before 1978? - correct answer
✔✔95 years from the date of publication
how long does a copyright last if the works were created but not published before 1978? - correct
answer ✔✔covered for the life of the author plus 70 years
how long does a copyright last that were created by an author more than 70 years ago but never
published? - correct answer ✔✔these works are no longer covered by copyright law as of December
31st, 2002. However if the author died more than 70 years ago and they previously unpublished work
was published before December 31st 2002, the copyright will last until December 31st, 2047.
how long does copyright cover works that were created by someone who was paid to create the work, or
by someone who did not receive Public Credit for the work? - correct answer ✔✔covered by copyright
for 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, depending on the publishing date.
can copyrights be extended by The Heirs of an estate? - correct answer ✔✔yes, for a limited amount of
time.
what doesn't copyright cover? - correct answer ✔✔Facts
Ideas
Systems
Method of operations
what two items cannot be photocopied? - correct answer ✔✔paper money
postage stamps
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