[License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

[Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)]

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> From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-bounces at opensource.org] On Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser
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> Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) dixit:
> 
> >Does the EU define copyright and other IP rights for all member
> 
> Only guidelines that have to be implemented in national law.
> The various countries still differ, even in the duration of the protection (France, for example, has an extra clause to extend protection of
> some works for the duration of the two world wars), but not much.

Wait... what??? You mean the copyright goes on until the next two world wars occur? How do they define a world war?  What if we luck out and no world wars occur?

> AIUI the UK copyright law is much closer to US law than to that of other EU member countries which have a French/German- style droit d’auteur law.
> 
> bye,
> //mirabilo

Just to double check, droit d’auteur is the equivalent of moral rights, correct?

Thanks,
Cem Karan
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