+ Exception:  Under the provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
  (URAA), certain foreign works whose U.S. copyright protection had been
  lost because of non-compliance with formalities of U.S. law were
  restored as of January 1, 1996.  Such works may be registered using Form
  GATT.  For more information, request Circular 38b, “Highlights of
  Copyright Amendments Contained in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
  (URAA-GATT).”

+ A work published before January 1, 1964, and originally copyrighted
  within the past 75 years may still be protected by copyright if a valid
  renewal registration was made during the 28th year of the first term of
  the copyright.  If renewed and if still valid under the other provisions
  of the law, the copyright will now expire 95 years from the end of the
  year in which it was first secured.  Works published before January 1,
  1923, have fallen into the public domain, but works published after
  that date could still be protected by copyright if the copyright was
  renewed by registration or automatically by law under Public Law
  102-307.

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ENDNOTES

1 The enactments were Public Laws 87-668, 89-142, 90-141, 90-416, 91-147, 91-555, 92-170, 92-566, and 93-573.  Their effect was to extend the second term of all renewed copyrights scheduled to expire between September 19, 1962, and December 3, 1976, through the end of 1976.

2 Works published before January 1, 1923, would have fallen into the public domain at the end of calendar year 1997.  Consequently, these works do not receive the additional 20 years of copyright protection created by Public Law 105-298.