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What is the copyright term for unpublished songs after the author of the songs dies?
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∙ 12y ago
The notion of a work being "made available" only applies to anonymous works; for known authors, the protection is the same as for published works: life plus 50 years, which the US and some others have extended to life plus 70 years.
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