3 ms·

(No longer on the phone...) I'm seeing that between 1978 and 1989 works could receive copyright protection, regardless of the display of a notice, if they were

(No longer on the phone...) I'm seeing that between 1978 and 1989 works could receive copyright protection, regardless of the display of a notice, if they were registered within 5 years.[0] Otherwise everything I'm reading jibes w/ what you're saying. So it is possible Warhol registered these works, in which case they would be protected by copyright until 2057. Edit: A quick search w/ LOC's "Official Public Catalog" through "Visual Material" registered to "Warhol Andy" after 1984 doesn't return any titles that look like they'd be these images. He definitely registered a ton of stuff (as would have been required for the time). [0] https://copyright.universityofcalifornia.edu/use/public-domain.html#:~:text=b.-,If%20the%20work%20was%20published%20in%20the%20United%20States%20between,the%20death%20of%20the%20author https://copyright.universityofcalifornia.edu/use/public-doma....)

blacksqr 2y ago
You're partly right. In that time period you not only had to register, you also had to make a good faith effort to add copyright notices to the works you wanted protected. The copyright registration database is online [0]. He only registered a few of his art works, and these digital images are not among them. edit: his estate registered a bunch of stuff after he died, but registration doesn't bring things back out of the public domain for pre-1977 works, or things beyond the 5-year threshold for works 1977-1989 [0] https://cocatalog.loc.gov https://cocatalog.loc.gov
- criddell 2y ago
  How did they handle things like music played on the radio? I've never heard a copyright notice on the radio for recorded or live music.
  - blacksqr 2y ago
    Performance of a work was not considered publication for copyright purposes. A copyright notice on published sheet music is how you got protection. Sound recordings were not eligible for copyright protection at all until 1972.

blacksqr 2y ago

You're partly right. In that time period you not only had to register, you also had to make a good faith effort to add copyright notices to the works you wanted protected. The copyright registration database is online [0]. He only registered a few of his art works, and these digital images are not among them. edit: his estate registered a bunch of stuff after he died, but registration doesn't bring things back out of the public domain for pre-1977 works, or things beyond the 5-year threshold for works 1977-1989 [0] https://cocatalog.loc.gov https://cocatalog.loc.gov

criddell 2y ago
How did they handle things like music played on the radio? I've never heard a copyright notice on the radio for recorded or live music.
- blacksqr 2y ago
  Performance of a work was not considered publication for copyright purposes. A copyright notice on published sheet music is how you got protection. Sound recordings were not eligible for copyright protection at all until 1972.