[Amps] A word of Caution for my Ham Radio Brethren!

[Glen Zook]

In the case of the Heath manuals, thanks to the Bono Amendment, they are for 95 years.  Under the Berne Convention the copyrights are for 75 years.  However, at the "urge" of Sony Pictures, who wanted to keep many of the earlier motion pictures out of public domain, Congress passed the Bono Ammendment (in honor of the late Sonny Bono - who was a congressman at the time of his death) which extended the copyrights an additional 20 years.  President William Jefferson Clinton signed this bill into law in the late 1990s.  This extended the copyrights in the United States and possessions.

Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


--- On Tue, 5/18/10, Ron Youvan <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

Do copyrights last for ever?