Soviet copyright law

[Marian Schwartz]

One case in point: Olesha's heirs asserted copyright over Envy about a year
ago, and New York Review Books acquired English-language rights from them.

I believe that the general situation is fluid, and there is now precedent
for this kind of change for any pre-1973 Soviet publication.

Marian Schwartz


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> 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?
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> Thanks,
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> David
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> David Powelstock
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> Asst. Prof. of Russian & East European Literatures
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> Chair, Program in Russian & East European Studies
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> Brandeis University
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