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Are there any countries that enforce copyright as much as the US do? I have no idea when a book legally enters public domain in Russia, since any book I can thi
by nbabitskiy 5y ago
Are there any countries that enforce copyright as much as the US do? I have no idea when a book legally enters public domain in Russia, since any book I can think of is a couple clicks away. Literally anything: Nabokov, Rowling, etc
Edit: come to think of it, it's pretty universal. Libgen and bookfi are not exactly Russian. There's probably little difference whether a book is public domain unless you want to make a movie.
- duskwuff 5y ago> There's probably little difference whether a book is public domain unless you want to make a movie. Or if you want to publish other works based on the book: a translation, a critical edition, a compilation, a graphic novel...
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- cpach 5y ago“ Are there any countries that enforce copyright as much as the US do?” I’d say definitely yes. Most western countries are very similar in this regard.
- InvertedRhodium 5y ago> Most western countries are very similar in this regard. I suspect the Venn diagram of countries with similar copyright terms, and countries with trade agreements requiring them to have similar copyright terms, would overlap almost 100%.