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 -----Original Message----- 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