New Zealand Copyright
29 Nov, 2021
2021-11-29 9:20:58 AM UTC
2021-11-29 9:20:58 AM UTC
Looks like as Stu predicted New Zealand have extended their copyright term from 50 years to 70 years after an Author's death.
This means that Tolkien's works enter Public Domain in New Zealand at the end of 2043, same as the UK.
Before this was agreed Tolkien's works would have been in the Public Domain at the end of 2023 in New Zealand.
http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2021/ ... neaky-copyright-deal.html
This means that Tolkien's works enter Public Domain in New Zealand at the end of 2043, same as the UK.
Before this was agreed Tolkien's works would have been in the Public Domain at the end of 2023 in New Zealand.
http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2021/ ... neaky-copyright-deal.html
Well that puts a stop to my plans of releasing a collection of Tolkien letters there. Sorry Stu, your signed copy will have to wait 
Some other recent news regarding NZ and books was the shocking decision to donate books to archive.org and act like it is nothing short of copyright theft by making it so that authors and publishers have to opt out if they don't want their in copyright work donated to be digitised for online use.
https://www.sfwa.org/2021/11/11/new-ze ... library-internet-archive/
Some other recent news regarding NZ and books was the shocking decision to donate books to archive.org and act like it is nothing short of copyright theft by making it so that authors and publishers have to opt out if they don't want their in copyright work donated to be digitised for online use.
https://www.sfwa.org/2021/11/11/new-ze ... library-internet-archive/
onthetrail wrote:
Well that puts a stop to my plans of releasing a collection of Tolkien letters there. Sorry Stu, your signed copy will have to wait
Some other recent news regarding NZ and books was the shocking decision to donate books to archive.org and act like it is nothing short of copyright theft by making it so that authors and publishers have to opt out if they don't want their in copyright work donated to be digitised for online use.
https://www.sfwa.org/2021/11/11/new-ze ... library-internet-archive/
Some further developments about the point I made. Glad to see this has for the moment been delayed.
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2 ... zealand-caves-to-authors/
https://natlib.govt.nz/about-us/strate ... hed-collection-management
onthetrail wrote:
Well that puts a stop to my plans of releasing a collection of Tolkien letters there. Sorry Stu, your signed copy will have to wait
Some other recent news regarding NZ and books was the shocking decision to donate books to archive.org and act like it is nothing short of copyright theft by making it so that authors and publishers have to opt out if they don't want their in copyright work donated to be digitised for online use.
https://www.sfwa.org/2021/11/11/new-ze ... library-internet-archive/
Yeah. I guessed an FTA would be how they would get the change sneaked in. Money talks, unfortunately.
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