I was looking into this for another matter, and yes, the 70 years applies to the US; the sovereign nations signed in 1988 at the Berne Convention. Interesting, for anonymous or pseudonymous works, the copyright protection is even longer, 95 years from publication, or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter. And that applies to lace patterns too ;) The annoying part is for the owner of the original piece to have to prove ownership if copyright is violated. What a time waster :(
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think copyright laws are different in the US than here. You have > automatic > copyright here and it lasts until 70 years after the author's/artist's > death. In the USA I believe it doesn't last that long and don't you have > to > register copyright there? > -- Bev (near Sooke, BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
