Re: Copyright extension
- From: Rod Hay <rodhay@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Copyright extension
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:37:11 -0400
Be aware that for England the date that the extension was enacted doesn't
really matter. The legislation (unlike the recent US extension) was
retroactive. Many books that had passed into the public domain were
removed and are again under copyright.
Rod Hay
Daniel St-Jean wrote:
> Hi book lovers,
>
> A question or two from the lurkiest lurker:
>
> - What date did the Europeans vote the copyright a 20 years
> extension?
> - Who pushed that idea?
>
> -- Dan
>
> [Moderator: The European Council Directive to "harmonize"
> copyright terms, which included the life+70 years provision, is
> dated 29 October 1993.
> (See http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1993/en_393L0098.html
> for a copy). The dates at which this term actually went into
> effect in a particular country vary, and there are still a few cases
> where I haven't yet seen the new terms fully enacted into a EU member's
> national laws.
> I'll leave the second question, and who/why/how in general, for Europeans,
> or other folks who know more than I about EU politics, to answer. - JMO]
--
Rod Hay
rodhay@[redacted]
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