An author, J, received royalties from a textbook which he copyrighted and revised from time to time. Each time he revised the book he obtained a new copyright on the revised version of the book.

J was born on October 15th, 1901. His most recent version of the textbook was published and copyrighted in 1966, the year in which he turned 65.

Because J began receiving social security retirement benefits, the question around as to whether or not his benefits were subject to deductions for earnings from self-employment in the form of the royalties from the 1966 version of his textbook. The answer was yes, because the royalties were attributable to a copyright in or after the year in which he turned 65.

See Social Security Ruling (SSR) 67-52.

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