I am confused by this article, my understanding is the old copyright law you got 28 years plus 47 if you renewed. meaning 75 years total. Where did you get the 56? so under the old law if you did a 1956 show and did not renew it then it would expire 1956 plus 28 years so 1984 it would have gone Public domain in the US. all the shows movies etc made in the US not renewed by 1960 or so went into the public domain. They have ways to trick the copyright laws for example Its a wonderful life when PD then back out of PD on a technicality.
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I am confused by this article, my understanding is the old copyright law you got 28 years plus 47 if you renewed. meaning 75 years total. Where did you get the 56? so under the old law if you did a 1956 show and did not renew it then it would expire 1956 plus 28 years so 1984 it would have gone Public domain in the US. all the shows movies etc made in the US not renewed by 1960 or so went into the public domain. They have ways to trick the copyright laws for example Its a wonderful life when PD then back out of PD on a technicality.