If they are less than 75 years old yes they are public domain. Joyce G. Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trina Huynh" <ethans_mamma@yahoo.ca> To: <COPYRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 10:55 AM Subject: [COPYRIGHT] inquiry >I have 2 old genealogy record books which were compiled and Printed by Milo >Custer in 1924 & 1925. > There is no publisher noted. Because it is after 1923 are these in the > public domain? > > Thanks in advance ..... > > > > --------------------------------- > Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list click on > mailto:COPYRIGHT-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or > mailto:COPYRIGHT-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest > mode) - Contact COPYRIGHT-admin@rootsweb.com for list related problems. > For the COPYRIGHT-L archives, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/copyright. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

"If they are less than 75 years old yes they are public domain." This means that something I wrote yesterday is in the public domain today because it is less than 75 years old. Obviously, you meant to write "more than 75 years old," but that would be wrong also. Date-wise, we can say that if it was *published* before 1923 it is in the public domain. If it wasn't ever published, that is a whole different issue with different dates. Unpublished works originating in 1885 (examples would be manuscripts and photos) went into the public domain in 2006. The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 extended the copyright period you are talking about from 75 years to 95 years. 1923 + 95 = 2018. Therefore, the 1923 published works that were properly copyrighted, registered, and had the copyright renewed won't enter the public domain until the following year, in 2019. 1924 works that were published, registered, and renewed go PD in 2020, etc. You can expect film companies to attempt to extend the 95 year period. Certainly Disney will, or they will lose control of the Mickey Mouse image. The U.S. Supreme Court could uphold another extension, as they did with the SBCTEA of 1998 which I thought was unconstitutional. There is no guarantee that 1923 works will actually go into the public domain in 2019. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joyce G. Reece wrote: > If they are less than 75 years old yes they are public domain. > > Joyce G. Reece > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trina Huynh" <ethans_mamma@yahoo.ca> > To: <COPYRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 10:55 AM > Subject: [COPYRIGHT] inquiry > > >> I have 2 old genealogy record books which were compiled and Printed >> by Milo Custer in 1924 & 1925. >> There is no publisher noted. Because it is after 1923 are these in >> the public domain? >> >> Thanks in advance ..... >>

Wow---this is very complicated. I can tell that these manuscripts were just printed up on his own--which would make it in the public domain...however what if some publishing company found these same papers and decided to publish them later on like say 1943 (e.g.). Can someone actually buy the ownership to copyright this and say "hey I own this now!" thanks for your help. Cliff Lamere <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> wrote: "If they are less than 75 years old yes they are public domain." This means that something I wrote yesterday is in the public domain today because it is less than 75 years old. Obviously, you meant to write "more than 75 years old," but that would be wrong also. Date-wise, we can say that if it was *published* before 1923 it is in the public domain. If it wasn't ever published, that is a whole different issue with different dates. Unpublished works originating in 1885 (examples would be manuscripts and photos) went into the public domain in 2006. The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 extended the copyright period you are talking about from 75 years to 95 years. 1923 + 95 = 2018. Therefore, the 1923 published works that were properly copyrighted, registered, and had the copyright renewed won't enter the public domain until the following year, in 2019. 1924 works that were published, registered, and renewed go PD in 2020, etc. You can expect film companies to attempt to extend the 95 year period. Certainly Disney will, or they will lose control of the Mickey Mouse image. The U.S. Supreme Court could uphold another extension, as they did with the SBCTEA of 1998 which I thought was unconstitutional. There is no guarantee that 1923 works will actually go into the public domain in 2019. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joyce G. Reece wrote: > If they are less than 75 years old yes they are public domain. > > Joyce G. Reece > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trina Huynh" > To: > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 10:55 AM > Subject: [COPYRIGHT] inquiry > > >> I have 2 old genealogy record books which were compiled and Printed >> by Milo Custer in 1924 & 1925. >> There is no publisher noted. Because it is after 1923 are these in >> the public domain? >> >> Thanks in advance ..... >> ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== LATIN-WORDS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in Latin from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old Latin words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:LATIN-WORDS-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:LATIN-WORDS-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos

The following was posted and I am wondering if this is legal or does it breach copyright. The books in question are from a foreign country. I don't know if they have a copyright on the original books and I don't know who created the CDs. Thanks for any info. Linda -------------------------------------------------- Recently I had the opportunity to get a copy of four of the books (from foreign country), two for xxx and two for Mxxx. The copies I have are on CD in PDF form. ... The two xxx books were apperently given to a library in xxx. where they have hand writing in them from either a JoAnne xx and Judy xx. If anyone is interested I can send them copies of the CD or email them a copy.