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I believe copyright term typically starts at the first publication, not when the work is created, so a work that was submitted to a publisher but never publishe
by TheCoelacanth 4y ago
I believe copyright term typically starts at the first publication, not when the work is created, so a work that was submitted to a publisher but never published would still be protected no matter how long the publisher waited.
- thombat 4y agoCopyright applies from creation: an unpublished work is still protected, although proving its origin will likely be easier following publication. The US Copyright Office summarises it as: The law automatically protects a work that is created and fixed in a tangible medium of expression on or after January 1, 1978, from the moment of its creation and gives it a term lasting for the author's life plus an additional 70 years. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf