"Jen" == Jen Zed <jenzed@gmail.com> writes:
Jen> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 21:02:21 +0100, Carlo Traverso Jen> <traverso@dm.unipi.it> wrote: >> >>>>> "Jen" == Jen Zed <jenzed@gmail.com> writes: >> Jen> It would be good if some of those books were only available Jen> from PG-Canada. >> This is impossible: if PG-CAN is truly PG, they can be posted >> at least at other life+50 PG, e.g. GP-Europa, that is in >> Serbia, and is starting now. Jen> Okay, time to admit that legal stuff makes my eyes glaze Jen> over. So I've just gone back to the mailing list archives and Jen> read the threads about DP-EU, Serbia, and life+50. Are these Jen> statements true? Jen> 1. Serbia, where PG-EU is currently hosted, copyright is Jen> life+50, Yes but under pressure to harmonize to Europe's Jen> life+70. I don't think so. Serbia is currently not in the EU, and is under much wilder pressure (they were under bombing attacks a few years ago). Would you say that currently Iraq is under pressure to change his copyright law? It will be under pressure in 10-20 years from now, maybe earlier. PG-EU might help Serbia to resist these pressures. If Serbia changes to life+70, their life+50 books Jen> will need a new home in a life+50 country. Currently, there Jen> is no other PG in a life+50 country. Jen> 2. In Canada, copyright is life+50. Similar to PG-EU, if we Jen> had life+50 book on the site and the copyright laws were Jen> changed to extend the term, we'd need to move those books to Jen> a site hosted in a life+50 country. Jen> 3. Various other countries (Chile, Iceland, Japan, South Jen> Korea, New Zealand, etc) have life+50 copyright laws, so a Jen> life+50 PG could be hosted in those countries as well. Jen> What I'm wondering is that given that we could publish on Jen> PG-EU anything we could publish on PG-CA, what's the reason Jen> for building PG-Canada? Jen> - because it might help bulwark against extensions to Jen> Canada's copyright law? - because it would provide a home to Jen> PG-EU life+50 books should Serbian copyright laws change, and Jen> allow the continuation of work on life+50 books? - because Jen> it provides the opportunity to implement a second-generation Jen> PG infrastructure? I completely agree; we need as many PG-50 as possible, for all these reasons. Carlo