On Feb 1, 2008 12:46 AM, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The stink of the Sonny Bono act[1] in India. > > - Sandip > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bollywood_classics_have_run_out_of_copyright_life/articleshow/2747020.cms > > [...] > Considering that the copyright life of films, much like written works, > is 60 years, Bollywood bigwigs like Yash Raj Chopra and business > chambers like FICCI have demanded that this be increased, like in the > US, to 95 years from the date a film is made. > [...] > >
uh ho! meanwhile, dr nagarjuna from fsfindia.org tells me that the shanti niketan wishes to reclaim copyright on all of rabindranath tagore's literary works, which just fell into the public domain a few years ago. it seems the shantiniketan wishes to 'exploit' the commercial aspects of rabindranath tagore's work. what do you guys have to say on that. oh, freed.in managers, we should probably invite someone from shantiniketan to come defend their position on this, at freed.in 2008, while the ghost of rabindranath tagore hovers above us all red-eyed, like achilles. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
