Re: copyright extension - Vaughan Williams

From: ODI LIBRARY <library[_at_]odi.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 12:20:46 0

On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Alexander Klett wrote
>
> Now, even despite this directive works by English authors would
> generally have been protected only for life +50 in Germany because of the
> German Copyright Act and the Berne Convention which says that an author's
> works will be protected abroad for the same term of protection granted in
> his home country.

My understanding was the reverse - an author's works are protected abroad for the same term as native author's works, ie. under Berne UK authors works in Germany should be protected for the same duration as anyone elses works in Germany. Thus the issue is the German Copyright Act conflicting with Berne - not Berne itself.

Please correct me if I have misunderstood.

          Mark Perkins, RRMG Librarian
          ODI Library, Regents College

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