Re: FAQ on Rights in the Works of Joyce

This is a very useful site - many thanks to karen Coyle for bringing it to the list's attention. However, not all of the information provided is correct, as far as Canadian (C) law is concerned. I have had time only to check one item that seemed suspicious to me. Viz:

"Q: What is the copyright status of unpublished letters and manuscripts?   ...
  Canada
  Unpublished works are protected for the duration of the authors life plus   50 years."

Joyce died in 1941, and under the current law, all unpublished works by authors who died before Jan. 1, 1948 came into the public domain on Jan. 1, 2004 (Sec. 7.(4) Copyright Act of Canada).

I have cc'd this to the IJJF so they can change their Web site statement. Cheers,
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development

                            McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph     author, descriptive bibliog. of L.M. Montgomery's books (in progress)     and almost former chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force

On Wed, 24 May 2006, Karen Coyle wrote:

> As reported in the LibraryLaw blog
> http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2006/05/james_joyces_co.html
>
> The International James Joyce Foundation commissioned a panel to research the
> copyright issues relating to Joyce's work in various countries, with
> information on when works are in/will reach public domain status and
> instructions on requesting permission for use. If nothing else, the results
> are an excellent illustration of how complex rights and permissions can be.
> http://english.osu.edu/organizations/ijjf/
Received on Thu May 25 2006 - 20:20:30 GMT