[Leica] Leica Fotographie Magazine downloads......

[Bryan Caldwell]

In the U.S., many of these copyright provisions are referred to as "Mickey Mouse" laws. That's because every time Disney's copyright on Mickey Mouse is about to expire, Disney exercises its considerable lobbying power on Congress to get copyright time periods extended.

Bryan





-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>Sent: Jul 8, 2015 1:08 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Fotographie Magazine downloads......
>
>I agree. I have a copy of V1 no 1 - somewhere! I wasn't disagreeing with either
>of you merely pointing out its possible historical worth and the tension that
>results between that and copyright law (which I believe in Germany, would imply
>copyright for 25 years from date of first publication - which all goes to
>highlight the need for common agreement)
>
>Peter
>
>On 08/07/2015 18:05, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> This was my point, too. We always get worked up over theft of someone’s picture, whether commercial or not, so we should not condone copyright infringement in other contexts either.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>