[Taxacom] Copyright

Sat May 12 13:35:10 CDT 2018

There is lots of information on copyright at
https://www.copyright.gov/

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-----Original Message-----
From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of David Campbell
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 11:28 AM
Cc: taxacom
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Copyright

I ran across a (not too current) reference to British copyright dating relating to the death of the author rather than the date of the publication; sorting out the vagaries of copyright regulation are a definite challenge.

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:28 AM, Andreas Gminder <andreas at mollisia.de>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> as far as I know the copyright expells 70 years after the publication 
> date, not after the author's death.
>
> best regards,
> Andreas
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Francisco Welter-Schultes
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 1:32 AM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Copyright
>
> In Germany copyright expells 70 years after the death of the author. 
> For a publication from 1819 we should assume that the authors are 
> slightly more than 70 years dead...
>
> Note that the 1819 work as such is free. This means only that anyone 
> can digitise it. Anyone who digitises a work has the IP rights for the 
> digitised copy. They do not need to provide free access to it. If 
> Google digitises old works, they seem to check if BHL, archive.org or 
> anyone provides a free digitised version. If so, then Google offers 
> free access. My observation is that if not, Google does not provide 
> free access to such old works.
>
> Cheers
> Francisco
>
> -----
> Francisco Welter-Schultes
>
> Am 10.05.2018 um 11:04 schrieb Paul Kirk:
>
>> Thanks Tony,
>>
>> Google didn’t pick this up – not sure why – but your reply made my 
>> day :-)
>>
>> Paul
>> From: Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 10 May 2018 10:01
>> To: Paul Kirk <P.Kirk at kew.org>
>> Cc: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Copyright
>>
>> Hi Paul, Have you tried BHL? they have vols 1-2 available, apparently.
>>
>> https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=
>> Annalen+der+Wetterauischen+Gesellschaft+fu%CC%88r+die+
>> gesammte+Naturkunde#/titles<https://emea01.safelinks.
>> protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
>> biodiversitylibrary.org%2Fsearch%3FsearchTerm%3DAnnalen%
>> 2Bder%2BWetterauischen%2BGesellschaft%2Bfu%25CC%2588r%2Bdie%
>> 2Bgesammte%2BNaturkunde%23%2Ftitles&data=02%7C01%7CP.
>> Kirk%40kew.org%7C9fc8683218504118833408d5b6547f02%7C44892b45
>> 194046119753a4b3be4ea7fe%7C0%7C0%7C636615396422106638&
>> sdata=1YAyGZpoUW2PIVIBLJX5%2FFKS%2BZyEBg6dOx3I3AcnVNo%3D&reserved=0>
>>
>> Regards - Tony
>>
>> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia 
>> https://about.me/TonyRees<https://emea01.safelinks.protectio
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>> 02%7C01%7CP.Kirk%40kew.org%7C9fc8683218504118833408d5b6547f0
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>> 06638&sdata=TkV%2BUx9LPryRWJrOt%2F7Z%2BpANdKpv
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>>
>> On 10 May 2018 at 18:51, Paul Kirk 
>> <P.Kirk at kew.org<mailto:P.Kirk at kew.org>>
>> wrote:
>> Can someone explain why a serial publication published in Germany 200 
>> years ago is still subject to copyright and not available to anyone 
>> outside the USA [unless one has a proxy server :-)]?
>>
>> https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008607407<https://emea
>> 01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcatal
>> og.hathitrust.org%2FRecord%2F008607407&data=02%7C01%7CP.
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>> 194046119753a4b3be4ea7fe%7C0%7C0%7C636615396422106638&
>> sdata=sljRNe3NFz2%2BGXDd%2FJXi86xDgpu0F7ZI31Um8oweQaM%3D&reserved=0>
>>
>> Frustrated name chaser at Kew,
>>
>> Paul
>>
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