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Copyright Act, duration of a work made for hire, US federal

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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Copyright Act, duration of a work made for hire (17 U.S.C. § 302(c))	Law or ruling	A company's own records, written by its employees in the course of their work, are works…	27 Oct 2026
Copyright Act, works created but not published before 1978 (17 U.S.C. § 303(a))	Law or ruling	An unpublished record written before 1978 takes the same term as a newer one (section…	27 Oct 2026
Copyright Act, every term ends with the calendar year (17 U.S.C. § 305)	Law or ruling	A copyright term runs to 31 December of the year it would otherwise end, so a work…	27 Oct 2026