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zelda_pinwheel · 01-06-2009, 08:51 AM

i am pretty sure that once a work falls into the pd, it stays there, however if it is still under copyright and the law is changed, the copyright is extended (otherwise, disney wouldn't keep lobbying for longer copyright terms). this latter case would seem like a case of ex post facto to me (shouldn't the copyright in effect at the time of publication apply ??) but like pshrynk i'm not a lawyer...

that's also why there are some works which are in the pd in the US but nowhere else, particularly the ones published before 1924 (? 1923 ? whatever year it was), or the ones whose copyright was not renewed, at a time when it was necessary to do so (no longer the case).

01-06-2009, 08:51 AM	#2438
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i am pretty sure that once a work falls into the pd, it stays there, however if it is still under copyright and the law is changed, the copyright is extended (otherwise, disney wouldn't keep lobbying for longer copyright terms). this latter case would seem like a case of ex post facto to me (shouldn't the copyright in effect at the time of publication apply ??) but like pshrynk i'm not a lawyer... that's also why there are some works which are in the pd in the US but nowhere else, particularly the ones published before 1924 (? 1923 ? whatever year it was), or the ones whose copyright was not renewed, at a time when it was necessary to do so (no longer the case).