Comment by smallnix
12 hours ago
Interesting that EU is becoming stricter than US with growing life expectancy.
Life + 70 can mean the work is protected 120 years (publish at 40, dies at 90)?
12 hours ago
Interesting that EU is becoming stricter than US with growing life expectancy.
Life + 70 can mean the work is protected 120 years (publish at 40, dies at 90)?
Some people publish meaningful works at age 20. And some people live to 100.
That could be 150 years of copyright.
European laws are stricter on paper but more loosely enforced.
US laws are looser on paper but viciously enforced.
It's worse. There's also the war periods for which copyright time is extended in some countries like France.
For example, lyrics to The Internationale were composed in 1871 and music in 1888. They fully entered public domain... in 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale#Authorship_... Over 140 years of copyright.