This was the initial term of copyright protection in the US in the 19th century. Term was extended in 1909, 1962, 1976, and 1998, and is now the life of the creator plus 70 years.
Ghana adopted UK copyright law in 1911.
Under US copyright law, a copyright cannot be renewed after it expires. For works of US authors published in the US prior to 1963, copyright renewal had to be filed after 28 years.
Given current copyright law, it's merely a courtesy; notification is not required for protection.
1709, in the Statute of Anne.
Copyright protection is required by the Constitution. The first US law was written in 1793.
US copyright law comes from the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788. Prior to that was Britain's Statute of Anne, in 1709. Many international copyright laws stem from the Berne Convention, 1886.
The year 1900 is the original copyright year of the book "The Wizard of Oz."Specifically, the text and the illustrations were copyrighted by author Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919) and by illustrator William Wallace Denslow (May 5, 1856 - May 27, 1915) in 1899. But the publication date copyright was 1900, when the book was released by the George M. Hill Company. According to copyright law in effect at the time, the copyright held for 28 years and could be extended for another 28 years. It expired in 1960, when "The Wizard of Oz" entered the public domain.
Prior to 1989 is was necessary to display a copyright notice in order to maintain protection on a work. That year the US signed the Berne Copyright Convention which standardized copyright law across national borders. One of the provisions that Berne contained was that a copyright notice would no longer be required. US law was amended to bring it into compliance.
Given current copyright law, it's merely a courtesy; the content of the site would be protected regardless.
US copyright law comes from the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788. Prior to that was Britain's Statute of Anne, in 1709.
Copyright law is a federal law, granted in the Constitution.
Copyright law.