Re:
- From: Haradda@[redacted]
- Subject: Re:
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:09:46 EST
Occasionally I here something has been pulled back under copyright status and
I don't understand how it can be done. If we're forced to abide by the law
as users of the public domain and fair use then the copyright holders should
also be forced to abide by the law. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to happen
very often when there is money to be made. There has been reports popping up
around the world that some people are claiming that Beatrix Potter's works are
under copyright. I would say that possibly some of them are under copyright
but the vast majority are not. In addition it seems as though an English
company has trade marked the illustrations of some of the works. They are the
ones who are going around the world claiming that Beatrix Potter's works are
under copyright. I have been looking at this question for a number of months
and I had my copyright lawyer look into it for me. Since I have no desire
to end up like Caesar's pirates. I came across an essay today that has
clarified this situation for me. I thought that I would forward the web
page to everyone so that they can understand some of the ploys that the
"sweet old boy's" in the media companies have pulled.
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2006/03/the_tale_of_one.html
David Reed
[Moderator: As the article notes, the copyright status of Beatrix
Potter's works varies from country to country. See the article for
more details, as well as a detailed discussion of Potter-related
trademark claims and their validity. - JMO]