From: Alex Franz <alfafox@pue1.telmex.net.mx>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 05:13:51 -0600
Fwd Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:57:25 -0500
Subject: Copyright [was: Concern re General Ramey's... ]


>From: Kevin Randle <KRandle993@aol.com>
>Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:10:02 EST
>Subject: Re: Concern re General Ramey's Roswell Crash Message
>To updates@globalserve.net

>>From: James Bond Johnson <JBONJO@aol.com>
>>Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:35:16 EST
>>To: Updates@globalserve.net
>>Subject: Re: Concern re General Ramey's Roswell Crash Message

>>A response has just been received from the UTA Library re my
>>orders for enlargements of the Ramey Message (in connection with
>>the Roswell Event).

>>They now promise to process my order for enlargements of the
>>Ramey Message for research only use by RPIT. UTA cites copyright
>>concerns for not providing duplicate negatives.

>>Just a passing thought: Can there be any copyright protection
>>after 51 years? And does copyright protection extend to the web?

Hi,

I hope this'll help.

Source:

http://www.businessweek.com/enterprise/news/en71130.htm

November 30, 1997

    THREE LEGAL
     TERMS YOU
  REALLY NEED TO
       KNOW

Edited by Dennis Berman

Copyright: Among the most important concepts in Internet
business transactions, since almost everything carried over the
Net is protected in some way by copyright. Copyright is the
legal protection granted to an author or artist for a literary
or artistic work. Congress expressly added computer programs to
the definition of "literary works" some years ago. Copyright
allows the creator of a work to prohibit or control not only
copying but also the work's public performance, retransmission,
and adaptation. Copyright does not, however, protect book titles
or company and product names (see the discussion below on
trademarks).

How long do these copyrights last? As outlined by the U.S.
Copyright Office, "A work that is created on or after January 1,
1978, is automatically protected from the moment of its creation
and is ordinarily given a term enduring for the author's life,
plus an additional 50 years. For certain joint works, the term
lasts for 50 years after the last surviving author's death. For
works made for hire, and for anonymous and pseudonymous works
(unless the author's identity is revealed in Copyright Office
records), the duration of copyright will be 75 years from
publication or 100 years from creation, whichever is shorter."


Regards,

Alex Franz