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1  Term of joint works is measured by life of the longest-lived author.
2  Works for hire, anonymous and pseudonymous works also have this term.  17 U.S.C. § 302(c).
3  Under the 1909 Act, works published without notice went into the public domain upon publication. Works published without notice between 1-1-78 and 3-1-89, effective date of the Berne Convention Implementation Act, retained copyright only if efforts to correct the accidental omission of notice was made within five years, such as by placing notice on unsold copies. 17 U.S.C. § 405.   (Notes courtesy of Professor Tom Field, Franklin Pierce Law Center and Lolly Gasaway)
 

LOLLY GASAWAY         Last updated 11-04-03
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http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

Cornell’s chart covers the copyright and public domain terms of:

• Never Published, Never Registered Works
• Works Registered or First Published in the U.S.
• Works First Published Outside the U.S. by Foreign Nationals or U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
• Sound Recordings
• Architectural Works  

From the Abstract:

"In November 2012, the educational provisions of the Copyright Modernization Act were proclaimed in force, thereby introducing a number of significant changes to the Canadian Copyright Act. These changes include the expansion of fair dealing to include the purpose of education, the addition of new educational exceptions for the online transmission of lessons and the use of work freely available through the internet, and a number of amendments that make existing educational exceptions more technologically accommodating. This paper considers the significance of these changes for post-secondary instructors, first contextualizing the changes in relation to recent fair dealing jurisprudence, and then considering their significance for everyday instructional practice. Drawing on influential court decisions and the commentary of academics and lawyers, the paper not only describes how the changes to the Copyright Act have expanded the rights and exceptions available to instructors, but also identifies a number of unresolved questions about how the changes should be applied in practice. Despite these areas of uncertainty, the paper concludes that the changes bode well for post-secondary instructors, as they relax many long-standing restrictions around the use of copyrighted works for educational purposes."

Article by Thomas J. Tobin of Northeastern Illinois University

Excellent article covering the following topics in an easy-to-follow format:

• Part 1: Use of Copyrighted Materials for Teaching Purposes
• Part 2: Ownership of Content Created by Faculty Members
• Part 3: Ownership-Rights Agreements

Short brochure covering copyright, fair use, and public domain.  Include a helpful chart covering which works you can use in your teaching without permission or fee.

Explore the resource for an overview of the TEACH act, checklists of requirements, and answers to frequently asked questions.

UNC at Charlotte’s resource about the TEACH act:

“The TEACH Act exception (§110(2)) of the Copyright Act is one of two options available for those wishing to post other people's copyrighted material online without their prior permission; that is, when lawfully transmitting the performance (movies, music, audiovisual works) or display (text, images, photographs, charts, etc.) of 3rd party copyrighted material without the prior permissions of the copyright holder.  The other option for lawfully posting someone else's copyrighted material, without prior permission, is fair use.  If you cannot qualify for either TEACH or fair use, permission from the copyright holder will be necessary.”

An extremely thorough guide on copyright and fair use published by Stanford University Libraries.

“This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes ONLY US Class A (book) renewals.”