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Copyright Procedures Unpublished records of an organization. Eg. memos, reports etc Organization if the author was one of its employees; otherwise copyright holder is the author of each work Life of author + 50 years Note: There is a complicated series of term rules for unpublished works whose authors died before 1999. See appendix. Date of first publication + 50 years. Life of author + 50 years Note: There is a complicated series of rules for unpublished works whose authors died before 1999. Please see appendix. Life of author + 50 years Items in scrapbook: see specific medium standards Life of author + 50 years Life of author + 50 years Federal or provincial records. Unpublished personal manuscripts The government Author Scrapbooks or other multimedia projects Dissertations, theses, essays Maps and Plans. Both published and unpublished. Photographs (incl. postcards) taken before 1949 Photographs (incl. postcards) taken after 1949 The scrapbook itself: Author (whoever selected and arranged the contents). Items in the scrapbook: Depends on the format or medium Author. Employer if the author was one of its employees; otherwise copyright holder is the author, In public domain. Owner of initial negative at the time the photograph was made (not necessarily the person who took the picture) OR Employer if made in the course of employment Person ordering the photograph (e.g., the bride) Expired Life of owner of initial negative + 50 years. UNLESS The owner of the initial negative is a corporation, in which case the term is 50 years from the making of the photograph. Life of owner of initial negative + 50 years. UNLESS The owner of the initial negative is a corporation, in which case the term is 50 years from the making of the photograph. Life of author + 50 years Note: There is a complicated series of for unpublished works whose authors died before 1999, and other special rules for films or videos that do not have "original "character." See Appendix. First Fixation + 50 years First Fixation + 50 years Commissioned photographs (e.g., wedding pictures) taken after 1949 Films or Videos Sound Recordings Oral Histories Author Note: The Act does not specify who the "author" of a film or video is. Generally, the author is the person responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of a work; in the case of moving image materials it may be the director. OR Employer if made in the course of employment Maker Maker Krista McCracken Copyright Procedures Final March 2010