Module 202: Using Copyrighted Works By ehawkins94@gmail.com Jan 1, 1790 Congress passed the first U.S Copyright Act Jan 1, 1923 any work published prior to 1923 is considered public domain Jan 1, 1978 any original work of authorship is automatically copyrighted without official notice, registration, or publication Jan 1, 1978 after 1978, copyright protection wxpires automatically 70 ears after the death of the orignal author Feb 9, 2002 The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) act designed primarily to asress the need for clarification of permissible uses of copyrighted works in distance learning context
