Copyright

• Copyright allows authors, musicians, artists, etc...to make money off of their work, it means that other people cant take their work for free or alter the work without their permission  
• 1706: Statute of Anne :first copyright act, establishes the right of authors to control what happens to their works
• Works published before 1978 and after 1923 are protected for 95 years
• Anything made after 1978 lasts for life plus 70 years
• A copyright lasts for  95 years (120 if not published) for corporate authors after publication for anything after 1978
• Music and sound recordings last 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was published