> Hi Craig,

> I've looked a little bit into copyright
> issues, since I've been interested in
> putting some books which are no longer under
> copyright online.... (However, I found that
> scanning these old books can be a lot of
> work!)

> Anyhow, here's the law (in the United
> States) as I understand it....

> First, for your specific case, for works
> copyrighted between 1964 and 1977, these are
> copyrighted automatically for 95 years since
> the date of publication.

> For works copyrighted before 1964, they are
> copyrighted for 28 years, unless the
> copyright was extended, in which case they
> are copyrighted for 95 years from the date
> of publication.

> Works created on or after 1978 are
> copyrighted for the lifetime of the author
> plus an additional 70 years.

> I hope that helps....

> See the link below for more details from the
> US Copyright Office....

> - Dien

> P.S. I'm not a lawyer, so please don't take
> this as legal advice.... It's just how I've
> interpreted the document I've linked to
> below....

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