On Sep 2, 2011 3:41 PM, "Pranesh Prakash" the.solipsist@gmail.com wrote:
The Berne Convention and the TRIPS Agreement (which incorporates the Berne Convention), which is the most-ratified international instrument on copyright, pegs the term at 25 years for photographs.
One should remember that originally photographs, being mechanical capture
of
an existing image, wasn't even granted any copyright. It wasn't seen as being a truly creative activity, unlike creating music or writing * literature*!
-- Sent from my phone On Sep 2, 2011 2:12 PM, "CherianTinu Abraham" tinucherian@gmail.com
wrote:
Thank you Pranesh for sharing this. This interests the Wikimedians , many
of
us regularly uploads copyright expired images to Wikimedia Commons. I have also supported the petition. But do you really think the international standard is 25 years ? I really doubt !
-TC
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.org
wrote:
Thank you, Pranesh.
I hope you will consider supporting this petition.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
On 2 September 2011 04:49, Pranesh Prakash pranesh@cis-india.org
wrote:
Dear all, On Friday the Rajya Sabha is due to debate the Copyright Amendment
Bill,
which (amongst many things) increases term of copyright in photographs from 60 years from publication of the photo to 60 years after death of the photographer (while the international standard is 25 years from publication).
Please oppose this by e-mailing your Rajya Sabha representative: http://goo.gl/6CMXC
I apologize for the horrible formatting of that selection form (which should get fixed soon to ensure that your states' RS MPs alone are shown). Since time is of the essence, we decided to go ahead any way.
Regards, Pranesh
-- Pranesh Prakash Programme Manager Centre for Internet and Society W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
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This is truly a worrying development. regards Arun
On 03-Sep-2011, at 12:15 AM, Pranesh Prakash pranesh@cis-india.org wrote:
On Sep 2, 2011 3:41 PM, "Pranesh Prakash" the.solipsist@gmail.com wrote:
The Berne Convention and the TRIPS Agreement (which incorporates the Berne Convention), which is the most-ratified international instrument on copyright, pegs the term at 25 years for photographs.
One should remember that originally photographs, being mechanical capture of an existing image, wasn't even granted any copyright. It wasn't seen as being a truly creative activity, unlike creating music or writing * literature*!
-- Sent from my phone On Sep 2, 2011 2:12 PM, "CherianTinu Abraham" tinucherian@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you Pranesh for sharing this. This interests the Wikimedians , many
of
us regularly uploads copyright expired images to Wikimedia Commons. I have also supported the petition. But do you really think the international standard is 25 years ? I really doubt !
-TC
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.org
wrote:
Thank you, Pranesh.
I hope you will consider supporting this petition.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
On 2 September 2011 04:49, Pranesh Prakash pranesh@cis-india.org wrote:
Dear all, On Friday the Rajya Sabha is due to debate the Copyright Amendment
Bill,
which (amongst many things) increases term of copyright in photographs from 60 years from publication of the photo to 60 years after death of the photographer (while the international standard is 25 years from publication).
Please oppose this by e-mailing your Rajya Sabha representative: http://goo.gl/6CMXC
I apologize for the horrible formatting of that selection form (which should get fixed soon to ensure that your states' RS MPs alone are shown). Since time is of the essence, we decided to go ahead any way.
Regards, Pranesh
-- Pranesh Prakash Programme Manager Centre for Internet and Society W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
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