by Traverse Legal, reviewed by Enrico Schaefer - June 9, 2009 - What is a Copyright?
A Copyright only lasts so long before it becomes part of the public domain. Here is a resource link to information concerning the Copyright Term for published and unpublished works. A copyright is dependent on when the work was first published, whether or not the work was registered as a copyright and whether the publication was in the United States or abroad. Note that song recordings have a separate chart, as do architectural works.
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
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