Hi Jan, Re. your statement: "It turns out that the original Dutch version is in the public domain in Poland -- but not in the Netherlands"
This may be premature. It all depends on whether you accept the claim that Otto Frank has copyright over Anne Frank’s diary. As I stated on the communia-blog <http://www.communia-association.org/2016/04/25/anne-frank-term-copyright-protection-time-move-harmonisation-unification/>: that claim has not yet been upheld by any court and is considered invalid by several experts on the writings of Anne Frank. I am not sure whether this campaign - however sympathetic its cause - helps ensure that Anne Frank's diary remains firmly in the public domain, as it appears to take these claims for granted, Also: the text of the diary has been available from this (French?) website <http://affordance.typepad.com//mon_weblog/2016/01/anne-frank.html>since January 1. Sandra Rientjes Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379 www.wikimedia.nl *Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht 2016-04-26 17:21 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <[email protected]>: > Hi Jan, > > yes, this topic also had a lot of attention from Wikimedia Nederland > before (Although I believe we're not involved with this particular > project). I cc'd Sandra and Jos who are more involved with it. > > Best, > Lodewijk > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jan Gerlach <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Today WIPO celebrates World Intellectual Property Day >> <http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/> and I just wanted to bring >> to your attention a campaign by Communia, Kennisland, and Centrum Cyfrowe: >> the three organizations have been looking into the copyright status of Anne >> Frank's diary in Europe. It turns out that the original Dutch version is in >> the public domain in Poland -- but not in the Netherlands. >> >> Find more info about the #readannediary campaign that calls for shorter, >> harmonized copyright terms here >> <http://www.communia-association.org/2016/04/25/anne-frank-term-copyright-protection-time-move-harmonisation-unification/> >> . >> >> Best, >> Jan >> >> == >> >> >> Jan Gerlach >> Public Policy Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> >> >
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