Re: copyright and "The Jungle Book"

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Timothy Arnold-Moore <tja[_at_]io.mds.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
>
> This may be true of the US but in Europe, the relevant time is 2007
> (70 years after the expiry of the year in which the author died)
> assuming that the facts quoted in this email are correct. In
> Australia (and Canada?), it would have expired in 1987 (50 years
> plus the life of the author).

In which case, it's still clear that Disney execs weren't waiting for the copyright to expire, because 1987 is 20 years after the film's release.

I was actually hoping that this had been an accurate anecdote -- I would have liked to have used it in the copyright class that I'm teaching this summer. I just verified the dates to be sure, and noted that they didn't add up.

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