Exercise 1: Calculating a Work-Made-for-Hire Term — Possible Solution ==================================================================== WHICH ROW OF THE TABLE APPLIES ------------------------------ A corporate training video is a classic work made for hire - created by or for a company, not an individually credited author writing on their own behalf. Per this chapter's own table, works made for hire follow a different rule than individually authored works: "95 years from publication, or 120 years from creation - whichever is shorter." APPLYING THE RULE TO THE SPECIFIC DATES GIVEN ------------------------------ The video was created in 1990 and published in 2010. - 95 years from publication (2010): expires in 2105 - 120 years from creation (1990): expires in 2110 Per the rule, whichever of the two is SHORTER controls - 2105 is earlier than 2110, so the copyright term would run until 2105. WHY THE RULE USES "WHICHEVER IS SHORTER" RATHER THAN A SINGLE FIXED DATE ------------------------------ This scenario shows exactly why the rule needs both numbers rather than just "95 years from publication" alone: if a work made for hire is created but not published for a long time (as happened here - a 20-year gap between creation and publication), using publication alone could extend protection far beyond what would be reasonable relative to when the work was actually made. The 120-years-from-creation figure acts as an outer cap regardless of how long publication is delayed, and taking whichever number is shorter ensures the term doesn't stretch out indefinitely just because a work sat unpublished for years. WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER ------------------------------ It correctly identifies the applicable row of the chapter's own table based on the work's classification, performs the calculation using both dates given in the problem, and explains why the "whichever is shorter" mechanism specifically matters in a scenario with a real gap between creation and publication rather than treating the rule as arbitrary.