Post #204861 by Tipsy McStagger on Thu, Dec 29, 2005 12:14 PM

..I hear it's for the lifetime of the artist, plus 50 yrs after the artists death....quite a change...thanks walt!!! now my kids will have a college fund.

Always file with the library of congress( though it's true, you do not have to)..the $30 it cost per submission will save you thousands down the road and win you court cases due to the fact that a legal record of the artwork in question holds more power in court than debating exactly when you created the work by simply signing and dating it.