U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June
U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June
Library of Congress. Copyright Office
In the bicentennial year of 1976, the U.S. Copyright Office compiled this exhaustive record of works entering their second term of protection. Each entry represents a creative work that had already proven its worth: a book that found its readers, a film that survived its first copyright term, a song still being performed. This catalog captures the legal archaeology of American culture at a pivotal moment just before the landmark 1976 Copyright Act transformed intellectual property law. For researchers, it's an indispensable key to tracing the lifecycle of works from mid-century America. For the curious, it's a strange and absorbing artifact, listing thousands of titles that defined an era, now preserved in bureaucratic amber. From forgotten pulp novels to enduring law treatises, from educational texts to artistic monographs, this volume documents what America deemed worth protecting.
