{"identifier":"/us/usc/t17/s303","title":17,"num":"\u00a7\u202f303.","heading":"Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978","text":"\u00a7\u202f303.\nDuration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978\n(a) Copyright in a work created before\nJanuary 1, 1978\nJanuary 1, 1978\nDecember 31, 2002\nDecember 31, 2002\nDecember 31, 2047\n(b) The distribution before\nJanuary 1, 1978","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t17/s303.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t17/s303","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f303."},{"t":"heading","text":"Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t17/s303/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Copyright in a work created before ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"January 1, 1978","tail":", but not theretofore in the public domain or copyrighted, subsists from "},{"t":"text","text":"January 1, 1978","tail":", and endures for the term provided by section 302. In no case, however, shall the term of copyright in such a work expire before "},{"t":"text","text":"December 31, 2002","tail":"; and, if the work is published on or before "},{"t":"text","text":"December 31, 2002","tail":", the term of copyright shall not expire before "},{"t":"text","text":"December 31, 2047","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t17/s303/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The distribution before ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"January 1, 1978","tail":", of a phonorecord shall not for any purpose constitute a publication of any musical work, dramatic work, or literary work embodied therein."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}