Theos-Talk Archives (December 2010 Message tt00257)

Thank for the info. If copyright is going to impede Human Progress and
Welfare, I am sure technology will take away the impediments, whether we
like it or not. It is already happening and the bottom line is what is best
for the Humanity and not necessarily for the pocket book of individuals or
corporations or other entities. We will have to wait and see how things gets
resolved.

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:51 PM, John W <JohnWW@HPSoCMaCFige3TVn_RYWe-fNUV2h2J-W-8RtKw50M9uRE2be6pgDZdps5apQWYLROqdCb6Q54TtXWw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> There are very different copyright periods on books and other documents
> between countries. In the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and many other
> countries, particularly those that followed UK law, it is 50 years from the
> author's death, or, if that cannot be determined, 50 years from publication.
> In other western European countries it is mostly 50 to 70 years. In eastern
> European countries, and many Asian countries, it is much less, mostly
> something like 20 or 25 years, and many such countries do not recognize or
> enforce any foreign copyrights. But the USA has the longest copyright
> protection period of all, something like 75 or 80 years. Of course, it does
> not apply to material that has been deliberately released (or permitted to
> be released) into the public domain by the authors, which includes publicly
> broadcast radio and TV transmissions.
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> John W.
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> --- On Sat, 1/1/11, MKR <mkr777@cE6x-wy9GPpriEXAl96y65BXpBABa5pvPdOwa5gOMjatMmNyUO-ZjI8AFQnspI_byYAQfPfiX1s.yahoo.invalid <mkr777%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> From: MKR <mkr777@cE6x-wy9GPpriEXAl96y65BXpBABa5pvPdOwa5gOMjatMmNyUO-ZjI8AFQnspI_byYAQfPfiX1s.yahoo.invalid <mkr777%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: The $64,000 Question
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, 1, January, 2011, 12:13 PM
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> Yes, yes, yes.
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> I am more talking about recent publications and those whose copyright has
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> not expired.
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> At least in the USA, law requires disclosure of some of the financial
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> information to the public.
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> Last year for which published info (tax info) is available, significant
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> amount of money was spent on accountants from outside and relatively very
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> small for traveling lecturers and theosophical work at the lodge level. The
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> highest paid employee is also an accountant.
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> So the priorities need to be re-checked and re-calibrated.
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> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Konstantin Zaitzev <kay_ziatz@BXDrwXK9Gv8jx64kFrhFVJ9k0VClPiaisS8tO1CE5qTLiSgEtKqVRDLELrjNnEt4wPh-fSvfx8cH9GY.yahoo.invalid<kay_ziatz%40yahoo.com>
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> > > Given that lodges have self autonomy it may well be that these
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> > > copyrights, for early/foundational materials, are owned by (or
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> > > excepted for,) the Society, dunno.
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> > Really, the Theosophical Society is less affected by the copyright issues
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> > than many other organizations, for the most of its materials (and among
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> > the most important ones) are in public domain.
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> > They can be easily digitized and put online, and a good deal of that work
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> > is already done, but not be the structures of the Society, receiving our
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> > fees, but by enthusiasts, some of them aren't members at all. So the
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> > question is again not to the publishers but to the officials of the
> Society
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> > about efficiency of using the funds.
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