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Re: Novell buys Unix Systems Laboratory

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From: Bill Stewart +1-908-949-0705
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:56
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In article <1992Dec31.110325.1317@hellgate.utah.edu> hollaar%basset.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Lee Hollaar) writes:
   >p.s.  I've seen code that says "Copyright 1973 Bell Telephone Laboratories
   >Inc".  Under the old copyright law, shouldn't that be expired by now?
   [....]
   Under the transitional provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, if a
   copyright under the 1909 act was in its first term, it could be renewed
   for second 47 year term (giving a total term of 75 years, the same as
   for anonymous works or works-for-hire under the 1976 Act.)  That means
   that if the copyright owner renewed in 1990 (27 years after 1973), the
   copyright will run until 2037.

Note that, for Unix Operating Systems, 2037 is almost the End Of Time!
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From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill Stewart +1-908-949-0705)
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Subject: Re: Novell buys Unix Systems Laboratory
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