<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 2, 2011 3:41 PM, "Pranesh Prakash" <<a href="mailto:the.solipsist@gmail.com">the.solipsist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> The Berne Convention and the TRIPS Agreement (which incorporates the Berne<br>
> Convention), which is the most-ratified international instrument on<br>> copyright, pegs the term at 25 years for photographs.<br>> <br>> One should remember that originally photographs, being mechanical capture of<br>
> an existing image, wasn't even granted any copyright. It wasn't seen as<br>> being a truly creative activity, unlike creating music or writing *<br>> literature*!<br>> <br>> --<br>> Sent from my phone<br>
> On Sep 2, 2011 2:12 PM, "CherianTinu Abraham" <<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Thank you Pranesh for sharing this. This interests the Wikimedians , many<br>
> of<br>>> us regularly uploads copyright expired images to Wikimedia Commons.<br>>> I have also supported the petition.<br>>> But do you really think the international standard is 25 years ? I really<br>
>> doubt !<br>>><br>>> -TC<br>>><br>>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gautam John <<a href="mailto:gautam@prathambooks.org">gautam@prathambooks.org</a>><br>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Thank you, Pranesh.<br>
>>><br>>>> I hope you will consider supporting this petition.<br>>>><br>>>> Best,<br>>>><br>>>> Gautam<br>>>> ________<br>>>> <a href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html">http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html</a><br>
>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> On 2 September 2011 04:49, Pranesh Prakash <<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>> wrote:<br>>>> > Dear all,<br>
>>> > On Friday the Rajya Sabha is due to debate the Copyright Amendment<br>> Bill,<br>>>> > which (amongst many things) increases term of copyright in photographs<br>>>> > from 60 years from publication of the photo to 60 years after death of<br>
>>> > the photographer (while the international standard is 25 years from<br>>>> > publication).<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Please oppose this by e-mailing your Rajya Sabha representative:<br>
>>> > <a href="http://goo.gl/6CMXC">http://goo.gl/6CMXC</a><br>>>> ><br>>>> > I apologize for the horrible formatting of that selection form (which<br>>>> > should get fixed soon to ensure that your states' RS MPs alone are<br>
>>> > shown). Since time is of the essence, we decided to go ahead any way.<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Regards,<br>>>> > Pranesh<br>>>> ><br>>>> > --<br>>>> > Pranesh Prakash<br>
>>> > Programme Manager<br>>>> > Centre for Internet and Society<br>>>> > W: <a href="http://cis-india.org">http://cis-india.org</a> | T: +91 80 40926283<br>>>> ><br>>>> ><br>
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