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Originally Posted by PKFFW
I've stated on these boards on many occassions my views on copyright.
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Cheers,
PKFFW
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Beg your pardon, sir. But I really don't follow your posts. Else I wouldn't have asked the question.
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Originally Posted by PKFFW
.... I also think an expiry date type arrangement whereby if the work is not published for 10 years then it automatically returns to the PD, might be a good idea. Further, I think fair use should be protected more.
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Cheers,
PKFFW
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I don't think that 10 years is realistic. Beneficial to us, yes. Not, however, to the authors.
I could be wrong. But for a book to
return to PD it first must have been in the PD. And if it was in the PD in the first place then it can't be withdrawn from PD.
CORRECTION: If a book is illegally or mistakenly placed in PD it would be "removed" from PD.
And doreenjoy is, I think, right.
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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
Not that there is an abundance of facts in this thread, but I feel compelled to point out that publishers don't own the copyright (in 99.9% of cases, at any rate). Authors own the copyright. That's why copyright is tied to the life of the author, not to whether or not a book is in print.
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Are there any published writers, or publishers, able to correct me when I say that the copyright holder
assigns the right to that copyright for some period of time? And that the published material (book) is itself copyrighted?