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Poster: | chinesehaxor | Date: | Jan 13, 2007 9:17pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/japanese%20court%20rules%20pre-1953%20movies%20in%20public%20domain_1002318
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Poster: | k-otic | Date: | Jan 14, 2007 2:32am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
can some one provide us with a list of titles that fall under this "law"
i do have some early japanese titles in my collection like
Yasujiro Ozu - Late Spring (1949)
Rashomon (1950)
Ikiru - Living (1952)
Sugata sanshiro - The Judo Saga (1943)
(just a few that pops into my mind)
i`ve read the same news last year on the internet movie data base side
http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2006-07-12
so is it okay to upload those title to the archive or is it safer not to ?
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Poster: | ARossi | Date: | Jan 16, 2007 4:28pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
There appears to have been an article about this in the San Jose Mercury News in June of last year, so it seems legit...
Alexis
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Poster: | Pruss | Date: | Oct 9, 2007 6:28pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
If so, then only if the copyright was NOT renewed in the U.S. are the works going to be in the public domain in the U.S.
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Poster: | SpaceFan | Date: | Aug 22, 2007 9:35am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
This post was modified by SpaceFan on 2007-08-22 16:35:03
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Poster: | Pruss | Date: | Oct 8, 2007 4:44pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
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Poster: | k-otic | Date: | Jan 17, 2007 2:11am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
sounds more like a "maybe" :)
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Poster: | chinesehaxor | Date: | Jan 20, 2007 9:06pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
This is a link to a site corroborating the other reports that Japanese films released prior to 1953 are in the public domain. However this link describes the controversies of a film, "Roman Holiday" which was released in 1953.
Here is an update on the case:
http://www.harakenzo.com/cgi-bin/newsmnt/article.cgi?lang=e&id=00419
Remember too that it might only be the Japanese release of Rashomon that is in the public domain- someone could add their own subtitles, but if Paramount released a version with subtitles in America, it may still be copyright under US law.
All films published in Japan from 2004 and onwards will have a protection of 70 years. For anything that was published before 1953, it would be Public Domain.
I am still looking for more links to describe Japan's copyright policy. Any help would be appreciated.
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Poster: | chinesehaxor | Date: | Jan 22, 2007 12:38am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200610060338.html
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Poster: | k-otic | Date: | Aug 24, 2007 5:19am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/japanese%20court%20rules%20pre-1953%20movies%20in%20public%20domain_1002318
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Poster: | jonc | Date: | Feb 12, 2007 8:24am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru - Shane? |
http://www.law.washington.edu/Casrip/Newsletter/Vol14/newsv14i1Mitani.html
"Shane is under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Copyright Law."
Amazing that a classic like this would sneak into the public domain. Anyone going to upload it?
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Poster: | SpaceFan | Date: | Aug 22, 2007 8:52pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru - Shane? |
This post was modified by SpaceFan on 2007-08-23 03:52:49
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Poster: | Rick Prelinger | Date: | Aug 25, 2007 7:03am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru - Shane? |
"But, because the United States and Japan are both members of the Berne Convention, in Japan, Shane is under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Copyright Law."
The key words are: "in Japan." Whether or not it is PD in Japan does not make it PD in the United States.
In addition, the underlying literary work has been renewed. From the Stanford copyright renewal database:
itle Shane
Author Jack Schaefer
Registration Date 14Oct49
Renewal Date 26Oct76
Registration Number A37550
Renewal Id R645523
Renewing Entity Jack Schaefer (A)
Rick
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Poster: | ARossi | Date: | Jan 23, 2007 11:25am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
There seems to be a decent amount of material out there backing this up, though, so we could certainly give it a try. If you'd like to to upload some stuff, that would be great.
Alexis
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Poster: | olgaritmo | Date: | Feb 22, 2007 3:55pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Film Request-Rashomon & Ikiru |
Thanks
olga ritmo