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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
EXPAND AU=LUDLUM
SELECT E44:E47
SELECT S1 AND ST=RENEWED
TYPE S2/6/ALL
TYPE S2/9/1
HOW TO...
1. BEGIN in the copyright database (File 120).
2. EXPAND using the prefix (AU=) and the author's name to see any variations in the name.
3. SELECT all E numbers for LUDLUM entries. Use a semicolon to indicate a range of records. |
?b 120
File 120:U.S. Copyrights 1978-2007/Feb 06
(c) format only 2007 Dialog
Set Items Description
--- ----- -----------
?e au=ludlum
Ref Items Index-term
E1 1 AU=LUDLOW, WILLIAM L.
E2 2 AU=LUDLOW, WILLIAM L., 1905-
E3 6 *AU=LUDLUM
E4 1 AU=LUDLUM ENTERTAINMENT
E5 1 AU=LUDLUM HASHIMOTO, MARGARET DEBORAH, 1944-
...
E43 1 AU=LUDLUM, PETER S., 1964-
E44 108 AU=LUDLUM, ROBERT
E45 30 AU=LUDLUM, ROBERT P.
E46 9 AU=LUDLUM, ROBERT, -2001
E47 10 AU=LUDLUM, ROBERT, 1927-
E48 5 AU=LUDLUM, RUBY LEE, 1931-
E49 1 AU=LUDLUM, STU
E50 10 AU=LUDLUM, STUART
Enter P or PAGE for more
?s e44:e47
S1 157 AU='LUDLUM, ROBERT':AU='LUDLUM, ROBERT, 1927-' |
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. |
?s s1 and st=renewed
157 S1
908314 ST=RENEWED
S2 31 S1 AND ST=RENEWED |
5. TYPE all records in S2 using Format 6 to see the names of the works.
Note: Some records have been omitted from this display. |
?t s2/6/all
2/6/1
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
The chancellor manuscript. By Robert Ludlum, -2001.
Date Registered: July 19, 2005 (20050719)
2/6/2
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
The gemini contenders. By Robert Ludlum.
Date Registered: November 15, 2004 (20041115)
2/6/3
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
The rhinemann exchange. By Robert Ludlum, -2001.
Date Registered: November 03, 2003 (20031103) |
6. TYPE a record using Format 9 to see the complete renewal entry.
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2/9/1
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
16353367
The chancellor manuscript. By Robert Ludlum, -2001.
Class: TX (Textual Works)
LC Retrieval Code: B (Monographic works of a non-dramatic
literary nature)
Status: Registered; Renewed
Registration Number: RE918400
Date Registered: July 19, 2005 (20050719)
Original Registration Number: A838094
Original Date of Copyright: March 15, 1977 (19770315)
Original Subclass: A
Author: Ludlum, Robert, -2001
Owner: Ludlum, Karen (W); Ludlum, Michael; Ludlum, Jonathan &
Ludlum, Glynnis (C)
Limitation or New Matter: NM: all new except for quotes from a
song & a poem. |
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