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[edit] Corrected wording needed

The page currently reads in part:

it is not under United States copyright if it was first published between January 1, 1923 to 1977 and ...

First, this is ungrammatical: it's from/to or between/end. Also, if 1923 is set off by a comma, it needs one after it as well (alternatively, another date format could be used).

Second, it doesn't make sense to quote the start date as a day and the end date only as a year. Is it meant to mean January 1, 1977 (repeating the date already given), or December 31, 1977 (implying that the whole year is included)? Are the dates meant to be inclusive or exclusive, or one of each?

Third, I don't know why the start date is being given anyway. Isn't everything that was published before 1923 public domain in the US in any case?

I'm not touching this, as it is a legal notice and I'm not suitably qualified. But someone who knows the relevant law needs to fix it so it clearly says the right thing.

--207.176.159.90 (talk) 01:12, 14 December 2007 (UTC)