what did the copyright act of 1909 mandate
Copyright Act of 1909 The Copyright Act of 1909 was a landmark statute in United States statutory copyright law. It became Pub.L. 60â€“349 on March 4, 1909 by the 60th United States Congress, and it went into effect on July 1, 1909.[1] The Act was repealed and superseded by the Copyright Act of 1976, but it remains effective for copyrighted works created before the Copyright Act of 1976 went into effect in January 1, 1978. It allowed for works to be copyrighted for a period of 28 years from the date of publication. It extended the term from 28 years with a renewal of 14 years (effective as of the Copyright Act of 1831) to 28 years with a renewal of 28 years, for a maximum of 56 years.