Involving Works Originally Registered or Published with Notice between 1923 and 1977

copyright-compendium-comp3-docs-termination-table-section304cInvolving Works Originally Registered or Published with Notice between 1923 and 1977Guidance

United States Copyright Office
Revised 01/2019
SECTION 304(c): Grants Executed by the Author or the Author’s Heirs before January 1, 1978,
Involving Works Originally Registered or First Published with Notice between 1923 and 1977
1957 G 	2013 	2018
1958 	2014 	2019
1959 	2015 	2020
1960 	2016 	2021
1961 	2017 	2022
1962 	2018 	2023
1963 	2019 	2024
1964 	2020 	2025
1965 	2021 	2026
1966 	2022 	2027
1967 	2023 	2028
1968 	2024 	2029
1969 	2025 	2030
1970 	2026 	2031
1971 	2027 	2032
1972 	2028 	2033
1973 	2029 	2034
1974 	2030 	2035
1975 	2031 	2036
1976 	2032 	2037
1977 F 	2033 	2038
2013 	2003 	2011
2014 	2004 	2012
2015 	2005 	2013
2016 	2006 	2014
2017 	2007 	2015
2018 	2008 	2016
2019 	2009 	2017
2020 	2010 	2018
2021 	2011 	2019
2022 	2012 	2020
2023 	2013 	2021
2024 	2014 	2022
2025 	2015 	2023
2026 	2016 	2024
2027 	2017 	2025
2028 	2018 	2026
2029 	2019 	2027
2030 	2020 	2028
2031 	2021 	2029
2032 	2022 	2030
2033 	2023 	2031
2034 	2024 	2032
2035 	2025 	2033
2036 	2026 	2034
2037 	2027 	2035
2038 	2028 	2036
G If the copyright in the work was originally secured on or before 12/31/1957, the deadline for terminating a grant involving that work under Section 304(c) expired
on or before 12/31/2018 and the deadline for serving a Notice of Termination under Section 304(c) expired on or before 12/31/2016.
F If the copyright in the work was secured on or after 1/01/1978, a grant involving that work cannot be terminated under Section 304(c).
SELECT A DATE
OF TERMINATION
DEADLINES FOR SERVING AND RECORDING
A NOTICE OF TERMINATION
If © was
originally
secured on
Date X
in the Year...
If the Date of
Termination
is Date Y
in the Year...
...then the Notice
must be served
on or after Date Y
in the Year...
...and the Notice
must be served
before Date Y
in the Year
The Notice of Termination must be served on the
grantee and recorded with the Copyright Office
before the Date of Termination.
...then the Date of Termination
must be between…
Date X
in the Year 	and
Date X
in the Year
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