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Thread #38262 Message #2114976
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Jul-07 - 03:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Adios, Mariquita Linda
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adios, Mariquita Linda
In trying to narrow this down for Artful Codger, I found this in Copyright Circular 38b-
TERMS OF COPYRIGHT
"The copyright in any work in which copyright is restored will last for the remainder of the term of copyright that the work would have enjoyed if the work had never entered the public domain in the United States.
"Generally, the U. S. Copyright terms for works published before January 1, 1978, lasts for 95 years from the year of first publication."
In other words, "Adios Mariquita Linda" would have to have been published before 1913 for it to have entered the public domain.
This is doubtful.