Re: the VARGA comments:
My grandfather was the last survivor of those who sailed on the British clipper Cutty Sark under the British flag. The National Maritime Museum has over the years collected many photos of the ship and of her crew. They claim copyright and the right to restrict further reproduction of photos of my own grandfather, of which the family still has copies!
I still feel that 50 years after creation a work should be free of copyright restriction. It's only 17 years for patents, after all.
If anyone wants to join me to raise this issue in Canada, email me. (I'm not a lawyer, just a musician, but I do have federal government departments in my local calling area.)
John Sankey
<bf250[_at_]freenet.carleton.ca>
Received on Fri Apr 03 1998 - 18:59:36 GMT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Mon Mar 26 2007 - 00:35:29 GMT