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Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Search interface for copyright renewal

Professor Michael Lesk of Rutgers has designed a search interface for "the U. S. copyright renewal records. Any book published during the years 1923-1963 which is found in this file is still under copyright, as are all books published after 1964 (although until 1989 they still had to have proper notice and registration). Books published before 1923, or before Jan. 1, 1964 and not renewed, are out of copyright. This file does not contain listings for music, movies, or periodicals." (Source: LibraryLawBlog)