Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
The statute was in the early 1700's

Well, I think that it could very well be yes, for the reason that in the 1790 statute the Congress specifically was aware of -- that there were State copyright laws which didn't last as long as the Federal statute. Several of the States hadn't finished enacting those copyright laws, and a couple of States hadn't enacted them at all.
Possible answers:
1). Yes
2). It's impossible to say
3). No