On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:47 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Carl Peterson <carlopeter...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:30 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > >> So any extension announced after the death of an author should > >> not apply to the works of an author who labored under different > >> assumptions when creating the work. > >> > > > > +1 > > > > Indeed. That said, if a work is in the public domain, it's in the public > > domain. > > <URL: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_Union#Duration_of_protection > > > > [...] This provision had the effect of restoring the copyrights in > certain works which had entered the public domain in countries with > shorter copyright terms.[23] > > Well, that just defies common logic. But that's government and bureaucracy for you.
I think my original parenthetical statement---older is better---applies here. It would be much harder to restore copyright all the way back to Canon in D, the Brandenburg Concertos, or Moonlight Sonata, would it not?
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