This is truly a worrying development. regards Arun
On 03-Sep-2011, at 12:15 AM, Pranesh Prakash <pran...@cis-india.org> wrote: > On Sep 2, 2011 3:41 PM, "Pranesh Prakash" <the.solips...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Berne Convention and the TRIPS Agreement (which incorporates the Berne > > Convention), which is the most-ratified international instrument on > > copyright, pegs the term at 25 years for photographs. > > > > One should remember that originally photographs, being mechanical capture of > > an existing image, wasn't even granted any copyright. It wasn't seen as > > being a truly creative activity, unlike creating music or writing * > > literature*! > > > > -- > > Sent from my phone > > On Sep 2, 2011 2:12 PM, "CherianTinu Abraham" <tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you Pranesh for sharing this. This interests the Wikimedians , many > > of > >> us regularly uploads copyright expired images to Wikimedia Commons. > >> I have also supported the petition. > >> But do you really think the international standard is 25 years ? I really > >> doubt ! > >> > >> -TC > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org> > > wrote: > >> > >>> Thank you, Pranesh. > >>> > >>> I hope you will consider supporting this petition. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> > >>> Gautam > >>> ________ > >>> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2 September 2011 04:49, Pranesh Prakash <pran...@cis-india.org> wrote: > >>> > Dear all, > >>> > On Friday the Rajya Sabha is due to debate the Copyright Amendment > > Bill, > >>> > which (amongst many things) increases term of copyright in photographs > >>> > from 60 years from publication of the photo to 60 years after death of > >>> > the photographer (while the international standard is 25 years from > >>> > publication). > >>> > > >>> > Please oppose this by e-mailing your Rajya Sabha representative: > >>> > http://goo.gl/6CMXC > >>> > > >>> > I apologize for the horrible formatting of that selection form (which > >>> > should get fixed soon to ensure that your states' RS MPs alone are > >>> > shown). Since time is of the essence, we decided to go ahead any way. > >>> > > >>> > Regards, > >>> > Pranesh > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > 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 > >>> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
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