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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

Nirvana has been sued for using an illustration from a 1949 translation of Dante’s “Inferno” on band merchandise. Here’s why determining the copyright status of old foreign works can be a hellish undertaking. Welcome to the Seventh Circle of Hell. copyright law. Move over smiley face.