01-04-2013, 10:20 AM | #61 |
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We (at MR) do need to understand it and (as you've seen from this thread) we still get it wrong even though we deal with this stuff every day.
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It is unbelievably complex, although that is mainly because of the weird and wonderful changes to copyright law in different countries at different times.
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They don't. Remember, these laws are for the benefit of corporations, not authors. And complex copyright laws means more chances to catch those who don't understand them and siphon more money than is deserved from their wallets into the hands of publishers/broadcasters and lawyers (bet you won't, for example, find a single band that's gotten any money out of the various successful copyright lawsuits and settlements aimed at downloaders).
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nothing expired to go to public domain for the US for this year? Weren't books published that year? I guess this would be 70 yrs ago?
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No new works will enter the public domain until 1st Jan 2019.
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This continues until 2073. On 1st January 2073, everything published in the US in 1977 falls into the public domain. After after 2073, the US is pretty much on the life+70 rules. Life+70 rules will cause some US works to fall into the public domain in the years 2048 onwards as well. In fact, on 1st January 2048, works by authors who died before 1978 but which were published in 1978 and later fall into the public domain. This leads to a small anomaly. If an author died in (say) 1977, a book published in 1977 would be in copyright until 1st January 2073, but a book published posthumously in 1978 would fall out of copyright on 1st January 2048. Of course, I very much expect that US copyright laws will change again before much of this comes to pass. http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm for more details. |
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01-06-2013, 11:40 AM | #71 |
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It had to be some money involved. That's the only thing that moves these modern politicians. Principles sure isn't one of them anymore!
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