05-29-2012, 09:32 AM | #1 |
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Andre Norton in the public domain?
How come some of her books are in the public domain?
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05-29-2012, 10:17 PM | #3 |
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This current system where you must look in multiple sources within the same country is ridiculous. Why don't they consolidate all these sources and have one national database for all copyrights in this country?
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You going to pay for it... work like that doesn't come for nothing...
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05-30-2012, 02:45 AM | #6 |
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Oh, so if i understand correctly there are books that are exempt from the "author died before 1923" rule?
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They were out of copyright *before* the new regime came into effect. There seems to be quite a bit of (very good) 50's SF that fell into that category. From authors like Piper, Farmer, Nourse, and Norton herself among others. |
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First published or registered in 1964 to 1977 the copyright is 95 years from first publication or registration. First published or registered in 1923 to 1963 and the length of copyright is either 28 years or 95 years depending on if a renewal was filed in a timely manner by the correct entity. Anything without the renewal, that had the 28 year copyright has expired already. A renewal is an R or RE filing with the copyright office, not just publishing again and asking for a new copyright. In countries other than the US the author died rule is usually author died before 1942 or author died before 1962. In author died countries the date advances year for year. Australia is in transition from death+50 to death+70 so it does not have the date advancing. There are other countries with exceptions as well. In Canada the first publication date matters if the work is first published after the author has died. In that case the date is first publication + 50 years. Probably more than anyone wants to know about copyright, but copyright is loaded with exceptions. No two countries are the same, and the US is one of the countries with the most weirdness. The details matter, even if they make your eyes glaze over. Here is a table with a more complete list of the US exceptions: http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm The US is not advancing it's public domain year for year and hasn't for a very long time. It won't start again until 2019. Greg Weeks |
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05-30-2012, 08:46 AM | #11 |
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Thanks! In Sweden it's 70 years after the authors death.
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05-30-2012, 10:33 AM | #14 |
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It is a matter of release manner.
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05-30-2012, 11:03 AM | #15 |
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There is also the Rule of the Shorter Term, which means that if it is a US work and is out of copyright in the US, then it is out of copyright here in the EU (but not vice versa, because the US doesn't seem to have this provision). I think that means that the Andre Norton works are out of copyright here, too.
What I'm not so sure about is whether that means something that was first published (and copyrighted) in the US, or only published (and copyrighted) in the US. (Reading that wikipedia article, it does look as though it is first published.) |
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