[pd-discuss] Question pd-discuss Digest, Vol 51, Issue 11

[Christian Hufgard]

On 29.08.2011 16:22, Peter B. Hirtle wrote:
> Shouldn't an American movie that is in the public domain in the
> US also be in the public domain in Europe, regardless of the 
> life+70 term?

They should be. But at least in germany there is no such legal entity
"public domain". That is one of the difference between the US copyright
and the german "authors rights". Even if you publish a work anonymously,
it is protected for 70 years after that date.

Christian