[rollei_list] Re: Copyright Law
- From: stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:04:28 +0000
Marc:
Basically, everything from 1926 on is still under copyright.
As a matter of interest, Mickey Mouse's first film, Steamboat Willie, came out
in 1926.
Just the way things worked out...
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From: Marc James Small [mailto:marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:37 AM
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Copyright Law
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
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