Soviet copyright law

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As far as I am in a position to know since a friend of mine, the
representative of a big greek publisher, has recently asked for the Greek
copyright for "Dr Zhivago" - no. The Russians do not claim it. The Italian
publishing house Feltrinelli still have the copyright for "Dr Zhivago".
Alexandra Ioannidou
Thessaloniki/Greece
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From: "Russell Valentino" <russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Soviet copyright law


> Edward Dumanis brings up an interesting point in dealing with Soviet
> publications, it seems to me. Do the Russians also claim copyright over
> Doctor
> Zhivago now, published for the first time in the USSR (postumously) in
> 1989,
> long after more complete versions had appeared outside the USSR? Would it
> also
> be "protected" in Russia?
>
> Quoting Edward M Dumanis <dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU>:
>
>> I am not sure here why journal Moskva's publication is a starting point.
>> It was not a full version published at that time; it was cut by the
>> Soviet censors. The full version was first published in the West. Should
>> we count then from the time of the first western edition? And should then
>> Russia obey the same rules of counting?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Janice Pilch wrote:
>>
>> ............/snip/....................
>>
>> > Another interesting example is that of Bulgakov's The Master
>> > and Margarita, written in the years before Bulgakov's death
>> > in 1940, and first published in Moscow in the journal Moskva
>> > in 1966-67. The term of protection for posthumously published
>> > works in Russia is now 70 years from publication. This means
>> > that The Master and Margarita is protected in Russia through
>> > 2037. Since it was protected in Russia on January 1, 1996,
>> > the novel is protected in the U.S. for 95 years from
>> > publication, through 2062.
>>
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