Pub. L. 94-553, tit. I, sec. 103

Sec. 103. This Act does not provide copyright protection for any work that goes into the public domain before January 1, 1978. The exclusive rights, as provided by section 106 of title 17 as amended by the first section of this Act, to reproduce a work in phonorecords and to distribute, phonorecords of the work, do not extend to any nondramatic musical work copyrighted before July 1, 1909.