Hi Jan,
Re. your statement: "It turns out that the original Dutch version is in the
public domain in Poland -- but not in the Netherlands"
This may be premature. It all depends on whether you accept the claim that Otto
Frank has copyright over Anne Frank’s diary.
As I stated on the communia-blog
<http://www.communia-association.org/2016/04/25/anne-frank-term-copyright-protection-time-move-harmonisation-unification/>:
that claim has not yet been upheld by any court and is considered invalid
by several experts on the writings of Anne Frank.
I am not sure whether this campaign - however sympathetic its cause - helps
ensure that Anne Frank's diary remains firmly in the public domain, as it
appears to take these claims for granted,
Also: the text of the diary has been available from this (French?) website
<http://affordance.typepad.com//mon_weblog/2016/01/anne-frank.html>since
January 1.
Sandra Rientjes
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2016-04-26 17:21 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <lgelauff(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hi Jan,
yes, this topic also had a lot of attention from Wikimedia Nederland
before (Although I believe we're not involved with this particular
project). I cc'd Sandra and Jos who are more involved with it.
Best,
Lodewijk
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jan Gerlach <jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi all
Today WIPO celebrates World Intellectual Property Day
<http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/> and I just wanted to bring
to your attention a campaign by Communia, Kennisland, and Centrum Cyfrowe:
the three organizations have been looking into the copyright status of Anne
Frank's diary in Europe. It turns out that the original Dutch version is in
the public domain in Poland -- but not in the Netherlands.
Find more info about the #readannediary campaign that calls for shorter,
harmonized copyright terms here
<http://www.communia-association.org/2016/04/25/anne-frank-term-copyright-protection-time-move-harmonisation-unification/>
.
Best,
Jan
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