[Wikimediaindia-l] Act Now to Protect the Public Domain

[Pranesh Prakash]

On Sep 2, 2011 3:41 PM, "Pranesh Prakash" <the.solipsist at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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