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Interesting that EU is becoming stricter than US with growing life expectancy. Life + 70 can mean the work is protected 120 years (publish at 40, dies at 90)?
by smallnix 9mo ago
Interesting that EU is becoming stricter than US with growing life expectancy.
Life + 70 can mean the work is protected 120 years (publish at 40, dies at 90)?
- troupo 9mo agoIt's worse. There's also the war periods for which copyright time is extended in some countries like France. For example, lyrics to The Internationale were composed in 1871 and music in 1888. They fully entered public domain... in 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale#Authorship_and_copyright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale#Authorship_... Over 140 years of copyright.
- toyg 9mo agoEuropean laws are stricter on paper but more loosely enforced. US laws are looser on paper but viciously enforced.
- quesera 9mo agoSome people publish meaningful works at age 20. And some people live to 100. That could be 150 years of copyright.