How Do I Find Copyrights By a Specific Author That Have Been Renewed?

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Find Copyrights By a Specific Author That Have Been Renewed?

TOPIC: In the United States, books published before 1964 had to get their copyrights renewed at the Library of Congress Copyright Office in their 28th year, or they'd fall into the public domain. Up until recently, renewed copyrights ran an additional 47 years (75 years total), rounded up to the end of the calendar year. A copyright extension bill signed in 1998 extended copyrights still in force for an additional 20 years.

U.S. Copyrights (File 120) provides access to registration details for all active copyright and mask-work registrations or renewals granted by the U.S. Copyright Office from January 1, 1978 to the present. The database is a fast screening tool for checking the ownership and registration status of a particular work, as well as a particular individual's or entity's portfolio of registered works.

In this example you are looking for all copyrights by the author Robert Ludlum that have been renewed. You can use the Status field (ST=) to find renewed records.

COMMAND SUMMARY

BEGIN 120
VISUAL EXPAND AU=LUDLUM
Check appropriate E numbers and click
SELECT S1 AND ST=RENEWED
Type Picklist S2
Check records to view in Full format and click Output

HOW TO...

1. BEGIN in the copyright database (File 120). 2. Use Visual Expand and the prefix (AU=) and the author's name to see any variations in the name. 3. Check all E numbers for LUDLUM entries. Click Select to retrieve all Ludlum entries and create a set.
4. Use the Status prefix (ST=) to limit Set 1 (S1) to only renewed records. In monographs and serial records, you can also use ST=Registered.
5. Type Picklist S2 to see all records in S2 in the FREE format. This format will show you the names of the works. 6. Check records you want to see in detail, select Output/Fomat (Full) and click Output. Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.
Note the status of the record.

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