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Poster: | jonc | Date: | Aug 2, 2009 3:06pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Invalid copyright notices for Laurel & Hardy? |
This post was modified by jonc on 2009-08-02 22:06:51
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Poster: | Fact_Checker | Date: | Aug 5, 2009 3:08am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Invalid copyright notices / 1935 statute requirements |
To see what the U.S. copyright law read for the past century, anyone can visit http://law.copyrightdata.com
Use the pull-down menu to select the date range that you wanted. Perhaps I'm sounding like a broken record by always bringing up the same site. However, the information being discussed is there.
In a post yesterday, I said it would be great to know where to find the foreign-country statutes for this period. However, for the American historic statute texts, they are in one place online.
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Poster: | jonc | Date: | Aug 5, 2009 6:17pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Invalid copyright notices / 1935 statute requirements |
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Poster: | Ganbachi | Date: | Aug 3, 2009 3:26am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Invalid copyright notices for Laurel & Hardy? |
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Poster: | Video-Cellar | Date: | Aug 3, 2009 3:52am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Invalid copyright notices for Laurel & Hardy? |
Generally, For things released before 1 March 1989, the copyright symbol, the word "copyright" or abreviation are acceptible in notices. "(c)" isn't. "All rights reserved" is optional. The notice can be written as a sentence and it should be on one line or in close proximity to avoid confusion. It only becomes invalid if there is confusing information. For example the attached notice on "Glorifying The American Girl" is invalid because it contains too much information between the copyright date and the owning company, causing confusion. As the law sees it, a "reasonable person" would not be able to tell if this film's copyright was owned by "Monta Bell" "Long Island Studios" "Western Electric System" "Paramount Famous Lasky Corp" "Adolph Zuker" "The MPPDA" or "The National Board of Review".
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Poster: | jonc | Date: | Aug 3, 2009 6:45am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Invalid copyright notices for Laurel & Hardy? |
This post was modified by jonc on 2009-08-03 13:45:49