Copyright Act, works created but not published before 1978 (17 U.S.C. § 303(a))
An unpublished record written before 1978 takes the same term as a newer one (section 302): for a work made for hire, 120 years from the year it was written.
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“Copyright in a work created before January 1, 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or copyrighted, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for the term provided by section 302.”
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