Pranesh: Do you have a form letter we could use, please?
Something that we could each sign, individually, and send? To whom? By when? Thank you. Best, Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/ On 18 June 2011 23:05, Pranesh Prakash <pran...@cis-india.org> wrote: > Dear all, > I am well aware that there are other issues such as that of copyright > over works by the government and public undertakings. We have raised > this issue in our analysis[1] as well as our formal submission to the > Parliamentary Standing Committee.[2] > > However, it is one thing to get something that is good (broad exception > for government works / or even better: making government works public > domain) which is not even on the table, and preventing an impending > harm: decrease of the public domain in terms of Indian photographs. The > first is a longer term goal than the second. > > Copyright term of photographs is going to increase if folks don't stand > up against it. > > Regards, > Pranesh > > [1]: Analysis: http://goo.gl/Iv69r > [2]: Civil Society submission: http://goo.gl/9Ws3E / Analysis of > Standing Committee's report: http://goo.gl/Fs5WM > > On Saturday 18 June 2011 06:40 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: >> >> Very contentious issue Pranesh. The issue is not only this - but also to >> insure that any Indian government works be in public domain as well as that >> of a Public Servant when on duty (like in the US - after all it is OUR >> govenment and OUR money spent hiring that Public Servant!). >> >> >> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:04:07 +0200 >> From: pran...@cis-india.org >> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> CC: aprabh...@gmail.com; su...@cis-india.org >> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Massive increase in copyright term for >> photographs >> >> Dear all, >> It seems clear that through a new amendment to the Copyright Act, the >> term of copyright of photographs is going to be increased from 25 years >> (which is the minimum required by international copyright law) to 60 >> years *after the death of the photographer* (i.e., copyright term = life >> of the photographer + 60 years). >> >> So say a photographer aged 25 clicks a photograph and dies at the age of >> 75 (in 2061): >> Under current law the copyright on that photo expires on January 1, 2037. >> Under proposed law, copyright on that photo expires on January 1, 2122. >> >> The difference: 85 years! >> >> (I hope I've done the math correctly.) >> >> So only your great-grandchildren will be able to upload that photograph >> to Wikipedia. >> >> As far as I can understand, there has been no positive lobbying on this >> front by any photographers. No one has really asked for it. >> >> We, from the Centre for Internet and Society submitted a 'civil society >> submission' (with the backing of 22 organizations) which criticised this >> to the Standing Committee that was examining the amendment. But the >> chairman of that committee did not take notice. In effect, the Standing >> Committee heard only rightsholders (and groups, including ours, working >> on the exception for persons with disabilities). >> >> Are people on this list concerned about this? If yes, then we all need >> to try to get this particular amendment targetted and struck off when >> the amendment gets presented before Parliament in the Monsoon session. >> >> Regards, >> Pranesh >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- > Pranesh Prakash > Programme Manager > Centre for Internet and Society > W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
