[rollei_list] Re: Copyright Law
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:39:08 -0800
No, 1928. And I am not Captain Pete. ;-)
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 4:04 PM, <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *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 msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! ---
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Peter K
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