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doubleshuffle · 10-09-2019, 06:45 PM

There must be a typo in the article you linked to. The German Wikipedia says that in 1965 copyright in Germany was extended from 50 to 70 years.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschi...0._Jahrhundert

That extension must have been what Schmidt referred to in the interview, so what I got wrong were the copyright terms pre- and post-extension. What I clearly remember is Schmidt saying that 20 years was plenty.

10-09-2019, 06:45 PM	#16
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	There must be a typo in the article you linked to. The German Wikipedia says that in 1965 copyright in Germany was extended from 50 to 70 years. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschi...0._Jahrhundert That extension must have been what Schmidt referred to in the interview, so what I got wrong were the copyright terms pre- and post-extension. What I clearly remember is Schmidt saying that 20 years was plenty.