Soviet copyright law

[Slava Paperno]

The USSR signed the International Copyright Convention in October 1973. All works published in the USSR prior to that date are in public domain as far as publications outside of the former USSR are concerned.

This statement is not based on a "recent concrete experience." This is what any copyright lawyer will tell you. I don't think there can be any experience in copyright law that would serve as precedent.

Slava

At 05:53 PM 3/7/05 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear SEELANGers,
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>
>
>Can anyone who has recent, concrete experience with reprinting or otherwise
>publishing material in Soviet publications verify for me that all works
>published in the USSR before May 27, 1973 are in the public domain?
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>David

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