tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8232360871114736971..comments2024-03-29T12:23:31.959+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Can the State automatically acquire ownership of your copyright? In South Africa this may become the caseVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53269455165107544022015-09-30T16:06:31.642+01:002015-09-30T16:06:31.642+01:00The reference to what happened with Mein Kampf is ...The reference to what happened with Mein Kampf is slightly misleading, since while a political motive is likely, it was in fact pretty much what Hitler directed in his Will: "<i>What I own belongs - as far as it is of any value - to the [National Socialist] Party. Should the party no longer exist, it will belong to the state ...</i>" (Translation by US Military Intelligence: <a href="http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/online_documents/holocaust/Hitler_Marriage_Will_Political_Testament.pdf>http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/online_documents/holocaust/Hitler_Marriage_Will_Political_Testament.pdf</a>).<br /><br />In fact under current UK law (section 90 CDPA) on the death of the author copyright passes by "testamentary disposition or by operation of law", meaning that in the case of someone in England or Wales who dies intestate and without living relatives, their copyright passes to the Crown (in bona vacantia) or the Duchies of Cornwall or Lancaster depending on the abode of the author at the time of death. The system in Scotland is largely the same. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-25806721834860675722015-09-30T13:47:06.642+01:002015-09-30T13:47:06.642+01:00Well, there is the prominent example of Mein Kampf...Well, there is the prominent example of Mein Kampf, whose copyright went to Bavaria upon the death of the author. Of course, this was for political reasons (avoiding Nazi propaganda after the war).<br /><br />FelixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-80240121719364978572015-09-30T13:08:00.145+01:002015-09-30T13:08:00.145+01:00The amendments proposed by the Department of Trade...The amendments proposed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has cause quite a stir among IP academics and professionals in South Africa. The deadline to submit comments closed on the 16th of September. I know that many stakeholders have proposed that the draft Bill should not be amended but that it would be far better if it was completed scrapped and drafted anew - preferably by someone that actual has some IP knowledge. Many elements of the Bill is poorly drafted and some clauses propose ludicrous amendments. One can only wait in anticipation to see if the DTI actual incorporate any of the proposals/comments into the Bill as they do have a track record of merely ignoring any submissions. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00238765933661715268noreply@blogger.com