Involving Works Originally Registered or Published with Notice between January 1, 1923, and October 26, 1939

United States Copyright Office
Revised 01/2019
SECTION 304(d): Grants Executed by the Author or the Author’s Heirs before January 1, 1978,
Involving Works Originally Registered or First Published with Notice between January 1, 1923,
and October 26, 1939
1938 G 	2013 	2018
1939 F 	2014 	2019 C
2013 	2003 	2011
2014 	2004 	2012
2015 	2005 	2013
2016 	2006 	2014
2017 	2007 	2015
2018 	2008 	2016
2019 	2009 	2017 D
G If the copyright in the work was originally secured on or before 12/31/1938, the deadline for terminating a grant involving that work under Section 304(d)
expired on or before 12/31/2018 and the deadline for serving a Notice of Termination under Section 304(d) expired on or before 12/31/2016.
F If the copyright in the work was secured on or after 10/27/1939, a grant involving that work cannot be terminated under Section 304(d).
C 10/26/2019 is the last possible date for terminating a grant under Section 304(d) involving a work originally registered or published with notice in 1939.
D 10/26/2017 was the last possible date for serving a Notice of Termination under Section 304(d) for a grant involving a work originally registered or published with
notice in 1939.
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