It's complicated. (Sad but true.)

http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm

Good luck!

DDD


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:23 AM, John Greenman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I need some help.
>
> I'm trying to establish whether or not I can record MT's "Letters =46rom =
> the Earth" for Librivox.org.
>
> I know that it was finally published in 1962. Which I thought would mean =
> that's when the copyright would begin...
> But in asking someone on the web who deals with these works, about it's =
> availability...here's the response I got!
>
> Date of first publication is irrelevant in this case. The work is =
> automatically copyrighted when it is written (regardless of when the =
> copyright is registered), and the clock starts ticking then. Essentially =
> it is from the date of creation
>
> reactions??
>
>
> (and THANKS!!)
> -John
>
>
>
>
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