Copyright: Its History and Its LawBowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers)
History
Copyright: Its History and Its Law
Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers)
Copyright -- History; Copyright -- United States -- History
The new British code includes as an "artistic work" under the general
copyright provisions, "works of painting, drawing, sculpture and
artistic craftsmanship, and architectural works of art and engravings
and photographs." Architectural works are protected only as regards
artistic character or design as distinguished from process or methods of
construction. Photographs have the exceptional term of fifty years from
the making of the original negative, and the owner of such negative at
the time of making is considered the author. Registration is no longer
required.
{Sidenote: Foreign countries}
Works of art are protected in most foreign countries either impliedly or
specifically under general copyright legislation, although sometimes by
special laws. France covers artistic works "whatever may be the merit,
use or destination of the work"; the Scandinavian countries include
specifically drawings, etc., "not works of the fine arts"; in India
copyright is extended in industrial designs to "some peculiar shape or
form given an article, but not the article itself." Architectural works
are protected in France, Luxemburg and Brazil, but in most countries
only architectural plans, drawings, designs, figures, or models and not
buildings are covered. Geographical and topographical drawings and
technical drawings, maps and charts, illustrations, engravings, in some
cases lithographs, photographs, and negatives are among classes
specified in many countries. In some countries the term of copyright is
different in the case of artistic works. Luxemburg has the peculiar
provision that portraits may not be reproduced until twenty years after
the death of the person portrayed. Photographs are in several countries
protected for a shorter term, frequently five years from taking,
publication or registration as the case may be; in Norway the copyright
may not extend beyond the death of the photographer.
{Sidenote: Berne convention, 1886}
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