[Wikipedia-l] Another copyright question

Brion VIBBER brion at pobox.com
Fri Jul 19 09:05:21 UTC 2002


Ray Saintonge wrote:

> If somebody is so bored with life that he has to translate all of 
> "Mein Kampf" he's probably desperate for credit, and deserves all he 
> can get. Under the general international rule of life + 50 it went 
> into the public domain on January 1, 1996. 

According to the Wikipedia article on the book, the copyright (owned by 
the state of Bavaria) doesn't expire until December 31, 2015. Life plus 
70 years? Or do the Brazilian clones figure into this? ;)

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)




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