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In **General**, the Copyright in a work that was created after January 1, 1978, lasts for as long as the author lives and 70 years after the author dies. In case of **Joint Works** prepared by two or more authors who didn't work for hire, the copyright lasts as long as they are living, or as long as the last author lives, and 70 years after such last surviving author's death. In the case of an **anonymous work**, the copyright lasts 95 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation.
 * How long does a copyright last?**

If you need the information from a website, it is better if you use it in your own words. If you copy a sentence, you should put it in quotations, and add a footnote to it. When you use the information from a website, you should change the words so it doesn't look identical to the original website that you used. It is right to make **derivative work**, which is changing the original information to your own words.
 * Can you copy from a web page?**



http://www.copyright.gov/

http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/copying-from-internet.php

http://www.copyrightauthority.com/copyright-symbol/