Pranesh, Gautham, By any chance, can we create a Petition about this ? --Regards,
On 18 June 2011 23:23, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org> wrote: > 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 > -- Regards, ME. Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement My infrastructure invasion... plus other images too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
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