[pd-discuss] Public Domain Day 2012

Mon Nov 14 13:11:55 UTC 2011

Re: PD movies

Adam, who runs the Pubic Domain review, suggested the following for lists
of PD films:

http://www.archive.org/details/moviesandfilms
http://www.openflix.com/
http://publicdomainreview.org/films/

@Jimie: Id be very interested to hear about the situation with the Japanese
films, do let the list know if you verify.

S

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM, jimie bowers <jimiebowers at hotmail.ca>wrote:

>  I'm wanting to know about Japanese films, I read in some places, that all
> Japanese films pre 1956 are Public Domain, can anyone verify this, or let
> me know more on PD pertaining to Japanese films? also is 1917 Louis
> Feuliade's "Les Vampire" serial in the public domain. And where can I get a
> good reliable list Of PD movies?  thanks
>
>  > From: andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:39:25 +0000
> > To: pd-discuss at lists.okfn.org; demartin at polito.it
> > Subject: Re: [pd-discuss] Public Domain Day 2012
>
> >
> > On 10 November 2011 22:17, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin at polito.it> wrote:
> > > Dearl All,
> > >
> > > The next Public Domain Day, 1 January 2012, is approaching fast!
> > >
> > > This time will enter into the public domain (barring some always
> > > possible legal loophole) the works of (personal selection)
> >
> > (...)
> >
> > > Rabindranath Tagore (philosopher, poet, Nobel prize)
> >
> > Just as a quick note, India does life + 60, not life + 70. Would the
> > rule of the shorter term thus mean his [original] work is thus PD in
> > most jurisdictions already?
> >
> > [At least, I am assuming his copyrights would be governed by Indian
> > law - he died pre-independence...]
> >
> > --
> > - Andrew Gray
> >   andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
> >
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