[okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

Karol M. Langner karol.langner at gmail.com
Mon Oct 29 13:49:31 UTC 2012


Is it clear in which cases it is 50 and in which it is 70?

For example, it seems the earliest Beatles' recording are going PD next year:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/news/?newsid=16577

- Karol

On Oct 29 2012, Zach Beauvais wrote:
> It'd have to take into account which authority the works are under, doesn't it?  
> 
> For example, some summary info on the Berne convention copyright [1], says that while the Convention puts the expiration at 50yrs, the UK has chosen 70.
> 
> Is it worth tracking works by country for that purpose?
> 
> [1]: http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p10_duration
> 
> Cheers,
> -Z
> 
> 
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> On Monday, 29 October 2012 at 10:50, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> 
> > And we could put the results here:
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_public_domain
> > 
> > Cf.
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_in_public_domain
> > 
> > J.
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org (mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org)> wrote:
> > > This might be handy:
> > > 
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1942_deaths 
> > > 
> > > J.
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org (mailto:sam.leon at okfn.org)> wrote:
> > > > Dear All,
> > > > 
> > > > Like most years we want to get together a list of interesting figures whose work will be entering the public domain next year (2013). 
> > > > 
> > > > I've booted a spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al6mO9_3Hr2PdHJxTFNGSk0wWEdnY2FrMXNmSXlmU2c#gid=0) [1] which we can all begin populating with the authors whose published works will enter the public domain in the UK in 2013 (70 years after the death of author). 
> > > > 
> > > > We plan to feature this list on the Public Domain Review (http://publicdomainreview.org) and use it as a point of reference for the collections and articles we get in 2013. 
> > > > 
> > > > All the best,
> > > > Sam
> > > > 
> > > > [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al6mO9_3Hr2PdHJxTFNGSk0wWEdnY2FrMXNmSXlmU2c#gid=0 
> > > > 
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written by Karol M. Langner
Mon Oct 29 14:48:41 CET 2012




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