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Greg Anos · 07-13-2012, 10:39 AM

The problem with the US and Berne is the US doesn't follow Berne anyways. Look at all the items that would be P.D. under Berne that is still under copyright in the US (and they want more!).

The 1923 cutoff in the US is strictly artificial, and has nothing to do with Berne. It's the extensions that are so disgusting, and they're nowhere in Berne.

(And life + 70 was strictly due to US lobbying, not a native grown request from the EU itself. And besides there is no reason the Eu couldn't change the term back to Life + 50, it wouldn't void the Berne treaty...)

07-13-2012, 10:39 AM	#33
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,532 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	The problem with the US and Berne is the US doesn't follow Berne anyways. Look at all the items that would be P.D. under Berne that is still under copyright in the US (and they want more!). The 1923 cutoff in the US is strictly artificial, and has nothing to do with Berne. It's the extensions that are so disgusting, and they're nowhere in Berne. (And life + 70 was strictly due to US lobbying, not a native grown request from the EU itself. And besides there is no reason the Eu couldn't change the term back to Life + 50, it wouldn't void the Berne treaty...)