These rules and dates apply regardless of whether the work was created by an individual author, a group of authors, or an employee (a work made for hire). Because of legislation passed in 1998, no new works will fall into the public domain until 2019, when works published in 1923 will expire.
(1) Writing is a system of graphic symbols that can be used to convey meaning. See the observations below. (2) Writing is the act of composing a text. See the observations below.
History of writing. The history of writing traces the development of expressing language by letters or other marks and also the study and description of these developments.