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