diff --git a/scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl b/scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -i -w -p
+
+$NEWYEAR=2015;
+
+s/Copyright(.*) (201[^5]), The Tor Project/Copyright$1 $2-${NEWYEAR}, The Tor Project/;
+
+s/Copyright(.*)-(20..), The Tor Project/Copyright$1-${NEWYEAR}, The Tor Project/;