Eligibility To Claim Renewal
The law specifies the persons who are eligible to claim Renewal Copyright. Apart from anonymous works, the following are eligible to claim renewal:
- The author, if living
- The widow or widower of the author or the children or both, if the author is dead.
- If there are no immediate family members, and there is a will, then the author’s executors can claim renewal.
- If there is no immediate family or will, the next of kin may claim the copyright.
A copyright proprietor or owner may claim renewal in only the following cases:
- Posthumous work
- Periodical, cyclopedic, or composite work
- Work copyrighted by a corporate entity
- Work made for hire.
Read more about this topic: Copyright Renewal Act Of 1992
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