copyright

[Brewer, Michael]

Here is a response from Janice Pilch, Chair of the ASEEES Subcommittee on Copyright Issues


Dear Gianpaolo,

There isn't a single answer to the question. It depends on which work you have in mind, where it was first published, and which country it is/was being used in. Some countries, including the U.S., based copyright for much of the 20th c on date of first publication. Works published posthumously might still be giving royalties in those countries. Also, in some countries the copyright term is less than 'life of the author plus 70 years,' and in some it is longer. The copyright assessment has to be done on each work separately, taking many factors into consideration. It's a more complex question than you might think.

Kind regards,

Janice Pilch
Chair, ASEEES CLIR Subcommittee on Copyright Issues


-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Gianpaolo Gandolfo
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 6:46 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] copyright

Can anyone tell me whether and how long did Lev Tolstoj's and Anton Chekhov's heirs get copyright revenues after the writers' death?

       Thank you  

Giampaolo Gandolfo

 


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