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So there won't be any exceptions for extended U.S. copyright on authors who died more than 70 years ago? I'm planning to do a bit of Yeats here, for instance, whose works are in the public domain in life+70 countries, while a large number of them is still under copyright in the U.S. So will Yeats be ok?
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I understand it for authors like Chandler, Hammett or Hemingway, who are now PD in life+50 countries but not in their home one, but why apply this to Canadian or Australian authors who only enjoy the life+50 protection???
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Because the copyright applies not to the authors, but to the works, and to the downloaders/sellers/etc. That is, even if the works of a Canadian author are copyright-free in Canada, they may still be protected in, say, Germany or Switzerland (and the publisher who holds the rights in those countries may care). In other words, it is often the case that the home country of the author (or the country where the work was originally published) doesn't matter at all.
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I don't think you are right. If a Canadian author is copyright-free in Canada he is copy-right free in Germany too. There is no reason the German government should be more concerned about his rights than the Canadian government. The Berne convention is clear about this.
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You can read the modifyed Berne Convention of which Switzerland is of course a member at this official Swiss site
http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c0_231_15.html There it goes Quote:
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Thanks, Billi; I'll bring your note to Alex's attention.
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Some countries do, some countries don't, and some countries have switched back and forth (including the UK, which makes working out what US works are in the public domain in the UK extremely complicated). The page you link to just seems to be the Berne convention. You'd need to find the appropriate Swiss copyright legislation. Last edited by pdurrant; 04-01-2013 at 05:36 AM. |
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The information we already have is that Swiss law unfortunately does not incorporate the rule of the shorter term (which is actually rather unusual - almost all other European countries do).
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This all seems to be very complicated. I think the easiest way to solve these questions would be to motivate Alex to move to Canada. So please take a look at these pictures, Alex:
very boring mountain in Switzerland very beautiful mountain in Canada Convinced? . |
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I believe you'll find that Switzerland is quite adequately provided for in the supply of pretty mountains, too .
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04-01-2013, 06:44 AM | #30 |
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It is of course entirely untrue what Harry says about Swiss mountains, Alex, don’t let that influence your decision (and please don’t look out of your window!).
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