tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5485107337192435858..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Coming out of copyright ...Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-86527830219487868822009-01-07T00:56:00.000+00:002009-01-07T00:56:00.000+00:00Wang Zhen (1967-1938)Wang Zhen died at age -29?Whe...<I>Wang Zhen (1967-1938)</I><BR/><BR/>Wang Zhen died at age -29?<BR/><BR/>Where is the Department for Miniscule Emendations?<BR/><BR/>Or is this not miniscule enough??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-5410937167310702592009-01-03T05:56:00.000+00:002009-01-03T05:56:00.000+00:00In India, the term of copyright is life of the aut...In India, the term of copyright is life of the author plus sixty years. Therefore, the most prominent works of literature that came to public domain from January 1 is that of Mr.M.K.Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi),India's father of nation, who died in 1948.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-57327904263636090902009-01-01T10:15:00.000+00:002009-01-01T10:15:00.000+00:00See Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938...See Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938#Deaths, copyright holders, no doubt, among them:<BR/><BR/>January-June<BR/>• January 8 - Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist and children's book author (Raggedy Ann) (b. 1880) <BR/>• January 20 - Émile Cohl, French caricaturist and animator (b. 1857) <BR/>• January 21 - Georges Méliès, French film director (A Trip To The Moon) (b. 1861) <BR/>• January 28 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver (b. 1909) <BR/>• February 2 - Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (b. 1856) <BR/>• February 7 - Harvey Firestone, American tire manufacturer (b. 1868) <BR/>• February 18 - David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851) <BR/>• February 19 - Edmund Landau, German mathematician (b. 1877) <BR/>• March 1 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. 1863) <BR/>• March 2 - Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871) <BR/>• March 13 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Soviet politician (b. 1888) <BR/>• March 13 - Clarence Darrow, American attorney (b. 1857) <BR/>• April 8 - Joe "King" Oliver, African-American jazz musician (b. 1885) <BR/>• April 12 - Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (b. 1873) <BR/>• April 16 - Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874) <BR/>• April 21 - Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet (b. 1877) <BR/>• April 25 - Aleksander Świętochowski, Polish writer (b. 1849) <BR/>• April 26 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (b. 1859) <BR/>• May 4 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1889) <BR/>• May 9 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866) <BR/>• May 13 - Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861) <BR/>• May 26 - John Jacob Abel, American pharmacologist (b. 1857) <BR/>[edit] July-December<BR/>• July 4 - Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician (b. 1881) <BR/>• August 1 - Edmund Charles Tarbell, American artist (b. 1862) <BR/>• August 7 - Constantin Stanislavski, Russian theatre practitioner (b. 1863) <BR/>• August 14 - Hugh Trumble, Australian test cricketer (b. 1876) <BR/>• August 16 - Robert Johnson, African-American blues singer (b. 1911) <BR/>• September 1 - Nikolai Bryukhanov, Soviet statesman and political figure who served as People's Commissar of Finances (b. 1878) <BR/>• September 17 - Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (b. 1901) <BR/>• September 25 - Paul Olaf Bodding, Norwegian missionary to India and creator of the Santali latin alphabet (b. 1865) <BR/>• October 2 - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859) <BR/>• October 13 - E.C. Segar, American comics artist (Popeye) <BR/>• October 17 - Karl Kautsky, Austrian Marxist theoretician (b. 1854) <BR/>• October 22 - May Irwin, Canadian actress and singer (b. 1862) <BR/>• October 24 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and poet (b. 1870) <BR/>• October 27 - Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (b. 1881) <BR/>• November 9 - Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b. 1889) <BR/>• November 10 - Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey (b. 1881) <BR/>• November 20 - Maud of Wales, queen of Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1869) <BR/>• November 30 - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian fascist, leader of the Iron Guard (executed along other Guard activists) (b. 1899) <BR/>• December 11 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1869) <BR/>• December 20 - Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (b. 1850) <BR/>• December 25 - Karel Čapek, Czech author (R.U.R.) (b. 1890) <BR/>• December 28 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26612562127314340232008-12-31T23:27:00.000+00:002008-12-31T23:27:00.000+00:00My nominee is Robert Johnson - King of the Delta B...My nominee is Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues and, according to Eric Clapton, the "most important blues singer that ever lived". <BR/> <BR/>All the songs that he first recorded are copyrighted to him/his estate (although it is widely believed that some of them were tunes he picked up on the road/learned from others rather than original compositions).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-23128550271423458562008-12-31T18:43:00.000+00:002008-12-31T18:43:00.000+00:00Of course, these authors are only public domain te...Of course, these authors are only public domain temporarily, until the next time the European Union takes it upon itself to extend the term of protection. Several distinguished authors (Housman, Belloc, Kipling..) have been going in and out of copyright like figures in a weather house.twr57https://www.blogger.com/profile/02330827817659112019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-34952454760701177212008-12-31T14:08:00.000+00:002008-12-31T14:08:00.000+00:00I think that the Kat is chasing the wrong mouse fo...I think that the Kat is chasing the wrong mouse for some of these works. Remember, when the US "joined" Berne, it threw in some flat-term limits on material published before 1978 that may well be longer than life-plus-70. In particular, the US copyright on 1929 Popeye cartoons would not expire until 01 Jan 2025, because they fall under a publication-plus-95 term.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying this is a good thing; it is, however, what it is.CEPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06970221836704655630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38412361366808779302008-12-31T13:33:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:33:00.000+00:00Fortunately, in Canada, we only have to wait to th...Fortunately, in Canada, we only have to wait to the end of the 50th year post mortem auctoris.<BR/><BR/>Grey Owl was one of ours...<BR/><BR/>And on the stroke of midnight tonight we'll see the "coming out" of Robert W. Service whose iconic poem beloved by many Canadian school child begins thus:<BR/><BR/>There are strange things done in the midnight sun,<BR/>By the men who moil for gold;<BR/>The Arctic trails have their secret tales<BR/>That would make your blood run cold;<BR/>The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,<BR/>But the queerest they ever did see<BR/>Was the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge<BR/>I cremated Sam McGee.<BR/><BR/>Too bad you folks over there will have to wait another 20 years before you can legally reproduce the rest of this tale... ;-)Howard Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-43192522578164178132008-12-31T11:02:00.000+00:002008-12-31T11:02:00.000+00:00The list/compilation of authors who died in 1938 i...The list/compilation of authors who died in 1938 is available at http://koed.org.pl/?p=45 (Coalition of Open Education).<BR/>There is also Wikipedia's entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1938_deathsTomasz Rychlickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873946249306047539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-36334891283164253032008-12-31T09:59:00.000+00:002008-12-31T09:59:00.000+00:00What about the songs of the legendary blues guitar...What about the songs of the legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson of Crossroads fame? Not the West Midlands Crossroads with Benny and his funny hat.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com