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I can confirm that Jonathan's claim is
false. See
http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_lengths etc. We err on the side of caution, but don't need to react to assertions made by those without authority who cite incomplete or false information. The Malayalam Bible is clearly in the Public Domain, as is EVERYTHING first published before 1923. (OK, almost everything: the Crown Letters Patent pertaining to the King James Version of the Holy Bible and the Book of Common Prayer in the UK don't expire, but that isn't a real copyright, and has no effect in the USA, unless you are trying to export printed books to the UK.) In the USA, some works published as late as 1 March 1989 can be in the Public Domain if they were not properly marked with a copyright notice and not registered. Copyright expiration is very complicated due to changes in law over time, the conditions of each of the laws, the variation in copyright law between countries, and the international treaties that exist in most, but not all, countries. One of the more difficult items in copyright law is the way that it often ties copyright term to the lifetime of the (last surviving) author(s), unless the copyright owner is a corporation. That means that sometimes it is necessary to research when the author(s) died to determine the copyright expiration date. Changes in copyright law in the USA and through treaties also many other nations have effectively paused the steady march of copyrighted works into the Public Domain until the end of 2018. At that time, all copyrights that have not already expired for copyrighted works first published in 1924 will expire. At the end of 2019, all remaining copyrights for works first published in 1925 will expire. That is, unless congress annoys us by changing the law again. If you want competent legal advice, you can hire a lawyer who is an expert in intellectual property law. If you don't want to pay for that, at least read what is available from reputable and authoritative sources online, such as http://www.copyright.gov. On 01/22/2016 04:41 AM, Baiju M wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:47 PM, jonathon <jonathon.bl...@gmail.com> wrote:On 22/01/2016 10:57, Baiju M wrote:What kind of proof will be required? Do we need complete scan available in public?US Case Law implies that works first published in a language other than English, and first published outside of the United States, and first published after 1909, are under copyright within the United States. Furthermore, copyright status in the country in which the work was originally published does not appear to be a relevant factor.If this is correct, we may need to take down the Malayalam bible from the Crosswire server. The Malayalam bible was published in 1910. So, can anyone please confirm on this? Regards, Baiju M _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page --
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