Copyright dates (was: reach for the sky (UNCLASSIFIED))

[David Bowie]

From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>

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> ...(FWIW, I have seen books in bookstores in October that were
> "copyright" the following year.)

Under US copyright law, the year of copyright listed in the front matter
can be the year before or the year after (or, of course, the year of)
actual initial publication without jeopardizing the copyright status of
the work in any way.

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David Bowie

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