... copyright to seventy years for all member states of the European Union including the UK. So in the UK and throughout the European Union copyright now lasts for seventy years. In fact, it is slightly longer than that as copyright ends on 1 January after the seventieth anniversary. ( http://www.deadline.demon.co.uk/general/Copy.htm ,17/10/2003) Copyright begins when any of the work is actually created, even if you have not registered it. It is your right, as the creator of work, to put the copyright symbol next to your name, except when you have stolen work from someone else and are attempting to pass it off as your own. The individual normally owns copyright, unless the work is made in the course of employment, when it becomes owned by the employer. Copyright can also be allocated to another party, for instance a publisher. The date you find on any copyrighted item is the date ...

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