Great info, Thanks! I guess it begs the question though - how do you
find out if the copyright has been renewed?

Mike


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The following link is to a chart created by Peter Hirtle of Cornell
University and is available on Cornell's Institute for Digital
Collections. This provides a very good overview of when published and
unpublished works pass into the public domain.

http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm

If you want to publish a work that was created by someone else, it is
your responsibility to determine whether the intellectual content is
protected by copyright. In addition, you may need to request permission
from the person or organization that was responsible for creating the
physical format of the work (e.g. microfilm, book, newspaper etc.).
Often this will be the publisher. In the case of microfilmed copies of
newspapers, this is usually a library, historical society, or commercial
publisher. This information will be available on the frames preceding
the reformatted text.

Should you have further questions, please feel free to contact me.
______________________________________

Melissa McAfee
Research Library Director
New York State Historical Association
The Farmers' Museum
PO Box 800  Lake Road
Cooperstown, NY  13326
607 547 1473 (tel)
607 547 1405 (fax)