+1 for metropolis!
Dne 07/09/2013 02:34 PM, Florian Nadge napsal(a):
Hi,
I am hesitant to abandon the CC theme altogether. But maybe, we could
dedicate one of the two rooms to old films in the public domain and
the second one to current CC movies? Does this sound okay with you guys?
Some really beautiful silent movies have become public domain such as
Nosferatu and Metropolis.
---
Florian Nadge, GUADEC 2013
GUADEC c/o Red Hat| Purkynova 71/99| 61200 Brno| tel: +420 603 764 858
<tel:%2B420%20603%20764%20858>
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:19 PM, David King <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi!
On 2013-07-09 13:07, Marcel Kolaja <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Public domain is fine too. However, I'm a bit surprised that
the linked
movies fit into this category, as the copy monopoly lasts for
70 years
after the death of all authors. Could you please elaborate on
it a bit
more, David? Thanks!
Night of the Living Dead is a bit special, as the original
theatrical release was never under copyright in the US:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead#Copyright_status
House on Haunted Hill was published before 1964 and did not have
its copyright renewed, so the old term of 28 years from publishing
of the work would have applied:
https://archive.org/post/422355/easy-copyright-question-for-house-on-haunted-hill
It is important to find the original theatrical print, which I
linked to, which has orchestral theme music without lyrics, as the
version with lyrics had its copyright renewed and so is not in the
public domain.
D.O.A. is in a similar situation regarding not renewing the
copyright (or rather, renewing it too late and the copyright
office finding the renewal invalid):
http://chart.copyrightdata.com/ch17.html
It is easier to search for works published in the US before 1923,
as those are all in the public domain, but there are many works
(such as those above) that are outside of the usual life-plus-70
years term.
--
http://amigadave.com/
_______________________________________________
guadec-list mailing list
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
_______________________________________________
guadec-list mailing list
[email protected]
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
_______________________________________________
guadec-list mailing list
[email protected]
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
