Re: copyright by successors of Barrie J.M.

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Jeroen Hellingman <jehe[_at_]kabelfoon.nl> wrote:
>
> I don't see anything in the EU Directive that rules out such one-off
> oddities. It's difficult to see how the EU Commission could argue
> that this one hinders the free movement of goods and services within
> the Union, or that various now-faintly-bizarre but utterly-rational
> clauses adjusting terms of authors' rights to allow for Occupation
> in 1939-45 do. So there's not a lot the Commission can do about them.

Once the copyright expires again in 2008, and I produce copies of Peter Pan, I probably cannot export them to the UK without paying royalties, that will make this regulation hinder free movement of goods.

I never fully understood those extentions in connection with the world wars, not the idea behind it, but the implementation -- I understood the years of the wars didn't count in the life + 50 years, but how did that work out with those unfortunate authors to live through the wars.

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Mike Holderness <mch[_at_]cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hunting for examples that might be proposed in the future, I came up
> with a perpetual copyright in national anthems, royalties to be paid
> to a fund to counter xenophobia by any means necessary. Hmm...

What to think of suppression of works using copyright, such as Hitlers ugly tirades or related racist trash.

Jeroen Hellingman
<jehe[_at_]kabelfoon.nl> Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 16:27:14 GMT