Soviet copyright law

[Sara Stefani]

I ran across this site on the web that may be of help:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/pipermail/videolib/2004-August/003589.html

It's a transcript of an on-line discussion about Soviet copyright in
regard to film. He discusses the issue of both the physical property of
a film (ie, whether it's copyright infringement to make an NTSC copy of
a PAL video - it's not) and also the copyright law. Permission to use
material has to come from whomever owns the rights, and that could
change hands repeatedly. He does suggest checking the Library of
Congress web site at www.loc.gov to see if the copyright is registered.

Best,
Sara

Quoting Lilya Kaganovsky <lilya at UIUC.EDU>:

> 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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