Talk:List of countries' copyright length

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[edit] Table with populations

Here is the table with the population. Since the other countries didn't have them, I removed the populations when combining the lists. -- Kjkolb 22:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Country Population Duration
Afghanistan 28,513,677 None
Akrotiri 6,300 Unknown
Albania 3,544,808 Life + 50
Algeria 32,129,324 Life + 50
American Samoa 57,902 Unknown
Andorra 69,865 Life + 70
Angola 10,978,552 Life + 50
Anguilla 13,008 Unknown
Antigua and Barbuda 68,320 Unknown
Argentina 39,144,753 Life + 50
Armenia 2,991,360 Life + 50
Aruba 71,218 Unknown
Australia 19,913,144 Life + 70
Austria 8,174,762 Life + 70
Azerbaijan 7,868,385 Life + 50
The Bahamas 299,697 Unknown
Bahrain 677,886 Life + 50
Baker Island 0 Unknown
Bangladesh 141,340,476 Life + 50
Barbados 278,289 Life + 50
Bassas da India 0 Unknown
Belarus 10,310,520 Life + 50
Belgium 10,348,276 Life + 70
Belize 272,945 Life + 50
Benin 7,250,033 Life + 50
Bermuda 64,935 Unknown
Bhutan 2,185,569 Unknown
Bolivia 8,724,156 Life + 50
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,007,608 Life + 70
Botswana 1,561,973 Unknown
Bouvet Island 0 Unknown
Brazil 184,101,109 Life + 70
British Indian Ocean Territory 3,500 Unknown
British Virgin Islands 22,187 Unknown
Brunei 365,251 Life + 50
Bulgaria 7,517,973 Life + 70
Burkina Faso 13,574,820 Life + 50
Burma 42,720,196 Unknown
Burundi 6,231,221 Life + 50
Cambodia 13,363,421 Life + 50
Cameroon 16,063,678 Life + 50
Canada 32,507,874 Life + 50
Cape Verde 415,294 Unknown
Cayman Islands 43,103 Unknown
Central African Republic 3,742,482 Unknown
Chad 9,538,544 Unknown
Chile 15,823,957 Life + 50
China 1,298,847,624 Life + 50
Total 1,985,753,662
Duration % Countries % Population
Unknown 42.0% 3.1%
None 2.0% 1.4%
Life + 50 44.0% 84.1%
Life + 70 12.0% 11.4%
Total 100.0% 100.0%

[edit] Copyright Term in Argentina

Copyright term in Argentina was extended from 50 to 70 years in 1997 (Law 24,870). I added the correction on the list.

[edit] Legal reference needed

Since this article is tagged unreferenced, we could copy Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights#Dates of restoration and terms of protection here.--Jusjih 23:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Good idea. Jkelly 23:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Done. Further improvements could include additional information such as the copyright lengths for anonymous and organizational works as well as works ineligible for copyright.--Jusjih 11:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Er, what do "pma" and "pd" mean? I can guess that "pma" probably means "post mortem <latin word for author>", but not sure about "pd"... --Shreevatsa 14:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
p.m.a. does indeed mean "post mortem author". p.d. is short for "public domain". Jkelly 17:59, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
The internal source where I copied the table explained p.m.a. as "post mortem author", a Latin phrase meaning "(years) after the death of the author". p.d. probably means "since publication date" as I know that some countries and areas copyright photographs for limited years since their publication, such as 25 or 50 years, even if the author is still alive when the copyright expires.--Jusjih 07:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
p.d. is short for post divulgatio or after publication, p.r. is post realisation or after creation. Physchim62 (talk) 14:59, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicated information

As I copied the table from Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights, perhaps we should think how to arrange each table. As the copyright restoration dates is USA-centric, ambiguous and unexplained, perhaps we should drop them here and leave them at the linked project page.--Jusjih 16:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

What information do people want to see in this table? I have copies of all the references, so I can dig out some more material if there is a demand for it: it's a big job though.... I agree with the suggestion to drop the restoration dates: I included them for Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights because they are important there, but the relevant information can be found in the article space (in non-U.S.-centric form) at List of parties to international copyright treaties. Physchim62 (talk) 11:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
OK. When I have time, I will start dropping copyright restoration dates here. In addition to copyright length, it should also be informative to list works ineligible for copyright in different jurisdictions. However, as I have more important things elsewhere, I cannot yet drop copyright restoration dates here. If no one else does it, I will come back to do it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jusjih (talk • contribs)
I have deleted American-centric copyright restoration dates.--Jusjih 15:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] page name

Plural and possesive acknowledged but I don't think the apostrophe is right. I understand them as representing omitted letters within the word, not end. It is not a separator or modifier. Just a passing comment. Fred 11:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

It's proper English. Our article on the apostrophe probably explains it. Jkelly 17:19, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apostrophe

Noun

apostrophe (plural apostrophes) (orthography) The text character ’, which is used to mark the possessive case ('s) or to show omission of letters or numbers ("tho'", "they'll", "'65").

FYI only, still researching. Current position is that ~s's is derived from archaic ~ses; making all cases ommmisions Fred 18:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

See Apostrophe#Plurals. I recommend Eats, Shoots & Leaves as a handy, very readable guide to proper punctuation. Jkelly 18:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] discrepancy for NL 70 pma vs 50 pma

for NL the page says 70 pma but the linked law from wipo http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/nl/nl001en.html says 50 pma. Does anyone know wich is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.115.74 (talk) 02:13, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

This law seems to be outdated.--Jusjih 02:16, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
70 pma is correct now, as for the rest of European Union countries, but information on the exact date of application would be welcome (as it has implications for US copyright). Physchim62 (talk) 16:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright for magazines published in South Africa

The table indicates the following for South Africa:

  • 50 pma
  • 50 p.d. (cinematograph films, photographs, computer programs, sound recordings, broadcasts, programme-carrying signals, published editions, state official texts)

What does this imply for Magazine covers or the contents of a magazine? Specifically would a magazine published in South Africa in 1916 be "out of Copyright"? Laurens-af (talk) 16:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

50 pma doesn't sound right. {{PD-South-Africa}} and commons:Template:PD-South-Africa says that it is 50 years after publishing. Note that I've not yet looked into the S.A. law in detail, but it is something I have been meaning to do.
If it was also published in the U.S. (many magazines are published in many countries), then it also falls into "Works published in the U.S. before 1923." on {{PD-1923}}. John Vandenberg (talk) 01:49, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
{{PD-South-Africa}} is wrong. The copyright term as stated in s. 2(a) of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 (as amended by s. 3(a) of Act 54 of 1994) states that the copyright term is 50 pma or 50 years after publication in the case of posthumous publication. For a 1916 magazine, you would also have to look at the Copyright Act 1911 which was almost certainly in force in South Africa at the time. Physchim62 (talk) 11:02, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Map

If anyone wants to, they could create a world map containing the countries' copyright length, denoted with colours =) --72.230.46.168 (talk) 04:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)