For example, this note from Wikipedia on "The Snow Maiden":
The film is listed as being in the public domain on the website of the
Russian Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography. [1] The film
also lapsed into the public domain in the United States when its US
copyright expired, but the copyright was restored under the GATT
treaty. [2]
I would call that messy.
Brigid Duffy
Academic Technology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132-4200
E-mail: [email protected]
On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Jessica Rosner wrote:
At one point the issue with the Russian films was that they had not
signed the GATT treaty, but I assume they have since. Mosfilm had a
huge problem in the US because there was an insane bootlegger here
that usually went by the name of St. Petersburg films that actually
tried to file copyright claims at the Library of Congress on most
Russian classics. The guy was a real piece of work and Mosfilms rep
here took him to court many times and did win. I actually had to
file some paperwork for Kino which had some of the films under
contract and even had to speak to the guys parole officer.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Brewer, Michael <[email protected]
> wrote:
While it may be messy (who actually owns what, because of changes in
the studio system), these things are all clearly under copyright.
In the 1990s things we messy, but since then, with the signing of
various international treaties, a great deal of what was published
in the Soviet period is protected (even though it once was not in
the US).
mb
Michael Brewer
Team Leader for Instructional Services
University of Arizona Libraries
[email protected]
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:22 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Apple making available Russian films without
approval
I don't know if this has anything to do with this but the copyright
status on a lot of Russian films of that period is messy.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Brewer, Michael <[email protected]
> wrote:
Interesting. Can’t imagine this will continue, but it is
interesting that it made it into an app in the first place: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/general/1282492/apple-approves-itunes-films-that-break-copyright
Michael Brewer
Team Leader for Instructional Services
University of Arizona Libraries
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