Soviet copyright law

[Robert Chandler]

I'm sorry, Lilya, I know nothing about that at all.

R.

> Okay, then I have a follow-up question: what about movies? How does
> copy-right law apply or not apply to them for citational use?
>
> -Lilya
>
> On Mar 8, 2005, at 12:37 AM, Robert Chandler wrote:
>
>> Dear David,
>>>
>>> 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?
>> A few years ago I consulted dozens of people over this very question.
>> The
>> consensus was that ALL work published in the Soviet Union, even before
>> 1973,
>> remains in copyright for 50 years after the writer's death, as long as
>> there
>> is a recognized heir.  And an extra four years can be added on to make
>> up
>> for 1941-45.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Robert
>>
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> Program in Comparative Literature & World Literature
> Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
> Unit for Cinema Studies
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