however, shall the term of copyright in such a work expire before
December 31, 2002; and, if the work is published on or before December
31, 2002, the term of copyright shall not expire before December 31, 2027.


Section 304. Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights.

(a) Copyrights in Their First Term on January 1, 1978. -- Any
copyright, the first term of which is subsisting on January 1, 1978, shall
endure for twenty-eight years from the date it was originally secured:
Provided, That in the case of any posthumous work or of any periodical,
cyclopedic, or other composite work upon which the copyright was
originally secured by the proprietor thereof, or of any work
copyrighted by a corporate body (otherwise than as assignee or licensee
of the individual author) or by an employer for whom such work is
made for hire, the proprietor of such copyright shall be entitled to a
renewal and extension of the copyright in such work for the further
term of forty-seven years when application for such renewal and
extension shall have been made to the Copyright Office and duly
registered therein within one year prior to the expiration of the
original term of copyright: And provided further, That in the case of
any other copyrighted work, including a contribution by an individual
author to a periodical or to a cyclopedic or other composite work, the
author of such work, if still living, or the widow, widower, or children
of the author, if the author be not living, or if such author, widow,
widower, or children be not living, then the author's executors, or in the
absence of a will, his or her next of kin shall be entitled to a renewal
and extension of the copyright in such work for a further term of forty-
seven years when application for such renewal and extension shall
have been made to the Copyright Office and duly registered therein