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stbalbach |
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December 18, 2009 08:38:52pm |
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Re: French court rules against Google |
Gerry,
But this ruling says digitization must follow French copyright law. Under French law, books are in the Public Domain at death of author + 70. So, 1940 is the cut off date (2010 - 70). Much better than 1923, No?
Stephen
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garthus |
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December 18, 2009 09:15:46pm |
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Re: French court rules against Google |
Stephen,
Yes they can get them allegedly for excerpts of books published after 1940; but to my knowledge they were also complaining about earlier books. In any case this highlights the lunacy of copyright laws in general. They were never meant to be extended for the life of the author or some such rule. The more people release their writings in the public domain; the stuff written by these people will become less important, other than for commercial purposes.
Gerry
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