Re: copyright by successors of Barrie J.M.

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Mariusz Lubyk <biuro[_at_]siedmiorog.pl> wrote:
>
> We are one of the biggest publishing houses in Poland specialising
> in books for children and teenagers. We have already co-operated
> with West in editing their books in Poland and now we are deeply
> interested in title "Peter Pan..." by J.M. Barrie. We are asking
> you for possibilities of editing these titles in Poland.
>
> We also would like to get the list of books which the rights of
> could be sold for Polish book market.
>
> We would be very grateful for your prompt answer.

That depends on Polish copyright law. If Poland still follows the life+50 rule, you can go ahead, as J.M. Barrie died in 1937. The book itself appeared in 1904. You may face some trouble in exporting titles to the EU, but that is not really a big market for Polish language materials.

It may even be well advised to do it quickly, before Poland joins the EU and will be forced to accept the life+70 rule (one good reason to stay out) -- but al books already published can probably benefit from a transition rule by that time

Jeroen Hellingman
<jehe[_at_]kabelfoon.nl> Received on Fri Jul 21 2000 - 21:11:04 GMT