From: Iris Brest <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 16:38:03 -0700

Maybe if they were corporate works, but if the author is a person, it's
unlikely that postdating the work will extend his life....  Iris Brest

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From: Dave Hansen <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:44:53 -0400

Postdating copyright notice sounds like a punishable offense to me:

See 17 U.S.C 506(c) "Fraudulent Copyright Notice.- Any person who, with
fraudulent intent, places on any article a notice of copyright or words of
the same purport that such person knows to be false, or who, with
fraudulent intent, publicly distributes or imports for public distribution
any article bearing such notice or words that such person knows to be
false, shall be fined not more than $2,500."

The notice provision (17 USC 401) is clear that the date is supposed to be
the date of first publication of the work.

Not sure who enforces a punishment like that. Maybe the Copyright Office
has a complaints department?

Dave Hansen