UNITED STATES: LAW: COPYRIGHT: RENEWAL:
Copyright Renewal Database


Copyright Renewal Database: Welcome
http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home


Welcome to the initial release of Stanford's Copyright
Renewal Database. 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.

The period from 1923-1963 is of special interest for US
copyrights, as works published after January 1, 1964
had their copyrights automatically renewed by statute,
and works published before 1923 have generally fallen
into the public domain. Between those dates, a renewal
registration was required to prevent the expiration of
copyright, however determining whether a work's
registration has been renewed is a challenge. Renewals
received by the Copyright Office after 1977 are searchable
in an online database, but renewals received between
1950 and 1977 were announced and distributed only in
a semi-annual print publication. The Copyright Office
does not have a machine-searchable source for this
renewal information, and the only public access is
through the card catalog in their DC offices.

In order to make these renewal records more accessible,
Stanford has created this searchable database. Building
on the work done by Project Gutenberg to transcribe
the 1950-1977 renewals, and on early conversion efforts
by Michael Lesk, we have converted the published
renewal announcements to machine-readable form, and
combined them with the renewals for later years made
available on the Copyright Office's website. Note that
this database covers only renewals, not original
registrations, and is limited to books (Class A registrations)
published in the US. Note that the Catalog of Copyright
Entries, and therefore this database, does not include
entries for assignments, and so cannot be used for
searches involving the ownership of rights. Please also
note that copyrights restored under Section 104(a) of
the copyright act are not represented in this database.

Home
Browse
Simple Search
Advanced Search
About the Collection
Resources




From the Linda Bee Country Collection of Databases
From the Linda Bee Legal Collection of Databases
From the Linda Bee Copyright Collection of Databases
From the Linda Bee Reference Collection of Databases


Linda Bee
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Candyman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Genie-Angels
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RecipesBetweenFriends/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/
http://www.learningis4everyone.org/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/



**************
Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]