I'm not sure. The DMCA provided for an extension of copyright for
everything under copyright in the U.S. at the time it was signed into
law. So there's that--it may have been under copyright still. Also,
if he Ball never registered for copyright, there's this: (from the
same website), under "Works Originally Created before January 1, 1978,
But Not Published or Registered by That Date" :
These works have been automatically brought under the statute and are
now given federal copyright protection. ... The law provides that in
no case will the term of copyright for works in this category expire
before December 31, 2002," etc.
I think this is probably a question for LDC. :-)
Thanks a lot. He died in 1925, so if I understand
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html#hlc correctly, the very
latest
it would be in copyright is last year, so they're
fair game. Correct?
--
Gareth Owen
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