[Freepats] University of Iowa samples

[Roberto Gordo Saez]

On 4/28/06, Mark Constable <markc at renta.net> wrote:
> Maybe in 2076 "they" will reverse the 1976(?) decision and revert
> to everything automatically being in the Public Domain except where
> explicitly copyrighted. I was absolutely shocked about 10 years ago
> when I found out the law had been changed and everything was
> automatically copyrighted by default. I couldn't believe anyone
> or thing could be so stupid to mandate something so illogical.

There is interesting information on the Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

"In the past, in some jurisdictions such as the USA, a work would
enter the public domain with respect to copyright if it was released
without a copyright notice. This was true prior to March 1, 1989
(according to the USA Copyright office), but is no longer the case."
[...]