[ILL-L] Public domain in Germany

[Tom Bruno]

Hi Cindy,

Copyright for unpublished works would extend from the year of the
author's death plus 70 years.

Published items created before 1935 are considered to be in the public
domain (unless published for the first time later than 70 years after
the author's death, in which case they receive a 25-year copyright
under EU Copyright Law).

If the author of the unpublished work or the date of the author's
death is unknown, copyright extends for 120 years from the date of
creation.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Tom Bruno
Head of Resource Sharing, Innovation, and Outreach
Widener Library
Harvard University




On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Thompson, Cynthia
Marie<thompsoncym at umkc.edu> wrote:
> Does anyone know about public domain for unpublished works of German
> origin?  I have a request for an item we own (unique, I think) printed in
> 1943 that I don’t want to send out, but think I may be able to copy and
> send.
>
>
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> All I know is that we need to comply with copyright law of the country of
> origin, and that I can’t find much on this particular topic.
>
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> Feel free to reply off list (thompsoncym at umkc.edu).  Thanks in advance!
>
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> Cindy Thompson
> Head of Resource Sharing
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> Reference Librarian
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