The 70 years is the case on both sides of the Atlantic, yes. The main
differences between the US and EU lies in the exceptions ("fair use") which are
defined differently, and in the application of copyright (in the US software
can be patented, in Europe it cannot but it is protected by copyright).
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA
On Apr 8, 2014, at 11:41 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I didn't read it all but what I did read seems to conform closely with
> my own (limited) understanding of US copyright law. I expected there
> would be a difference in the lifetime of a copyright but even there (70
> years beyond the copyright holder's death) I believe that to be very
> close to or even match the US time period.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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> On 4/8/2014 2:24 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> The UK IPO is in my opinion one of the best IP offices in the world in terms
>> of their research and outreach. They have recently embarked on a project to
>> publish "copyright notices", or guides to copyright (a very complex issue)
>> for ordinary people, written in understandable language. The first such
>> guide concerns a subject of interest to use here, namely photographs:
>>
>> http://www.ipo.gov.uk/c-notice-201401.pdf
>>
>> Of course, this is specific to the UK, but much of it applies across the EU
>> and indeed in other common law countries, i.e. the various former colonies.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>> YNWA
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