[rollei_list] Re: Copyright Law
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:01:23 -0500
Mark
am by no means expert on this, however as the Law is referred to here (Europe)
as the Micky Mouse law and is seen as aimed at perpetuating Disneys
intellectual property empire, I would guess that it would apply to work prior
to 1978.
All the best
Laurence Cuffe
On Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at 11:37AM, "Marc James Small"
<marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>If I raise this topic on the LUG, I get nothing
>but noise and heat. That is one reason I am currently not on the LUG.
>
>What do you folks believe to be the current state
>of the law on copyright in the US? I
>specifically ask for your views in light of the
>limited ruling in ELDRED v ASHCROFT, a 2003 opinion of the US Supreme Court.
>
>My question deals with the extensions of the
>copyright period which began in 1978 -- is this
>retroactive? ELDRED seems to state that it is
>for works published from 1 JAN 1978. (And I am
>not certain that the current Court would support
>this if the case were presented on a matter of
>the Constitutional ban on ex post facto law.)
>
>Please advise and remit!
>
>Marc
>
>
>msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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