Re: Turn of the 20th century documents on Vinland - Shipley, Fischer & Jelic

From: Drew Nicholson (anicholson16_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:49:01 -0500

"Seppo Renfors" <Renfors@not.com.au> wrote in message
news:40DC2E79.7F43B1@not.com.au...
>
>
> Paul Murray wrote:
> >
> > In article <40D99305.664FDB6B@not.com.au>, Seppo Renfors wrote:
> > > "Arthur L. Rubin" wrote:
> > >> Inger E Johansson wrote:
> > >> > Paul,
> > >> > since when do you as a private person believe yourself to have same
rights
> > >> > to 'publish' edited or handwritten work on your private homepage as
> > >> > Institutions and National Libraries?
> > >>
> > >> Yes, you do have that right.
> > >
> > > WRONG - it can only be done with the permission of the owner of the
> > > copyright (the author in most cases) - or 50 -> 70 (depends on the
> > > Nation) years after the death of the author. The copyright can be
> > > inherited too you know, so the aforementioned isn't a limit in all
> > > cases!
> >
> > Try to keep up at the back.
> > We have been explicitly discussing works whose copyright has expired,
either
> > through being published before 1923 in the US, or life+70 in the EU.
>
> The US isn't "the world" you know - neither is the EU. My text above
> is correct.

Your text above? You didn't write anything above. _INGER_ wrote something
above. AH-HAH!

> Consider the copyright for the material is Government
> owned. When is the "life" at an end? Consider Walt Disney and his
> Company that owns copyright.... what then? The point is, it is far too
> simplistic to claim up to 70 years after death. There are a number of
> ways to LEGALLY circumvent that after death limitation as well - one
> that is often used by community groups of thespians.
>

Nevertheless, anything published before 1923 in the US, and more than 70
years ago in Europe is not covered by copyright. 

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Drew
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