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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 10:49:25 GMT
I've been asked to take part in a play-reading group in Amsterdam in a couple of weeks. Sounds like fun. Apparently they get together every so often at somebody's house, take a part or two each, and read through a script. The host selects the play and prints off enough scripts, which I think are usually scanned in from the Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam's copy (it's a lovely new library near the Het IJ waterfront). Doubtful legality, I'd've thought.
They've done all sorts, including challenges like Kafka's The Trial, and Lysistrata. I suggested Quatermass and the Pit, which I think is the only script I have, but the play picked is The Constant Wife by Somerset Maugham.
Two questions:
1. Can't find it on the Web for download, so I guess it's still copyrighted though it's about 80 years old. How long does copyright last for such items?
2. Does anyone know of a download source in this context?
Radio, TV, or film scripts would be good as well. I can't filter out the useful stuff from Google's offerings this time.
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Post by riotgrrl on Nov 2, 2010 11:01:40 GMT
Literary, Dramatic or Artisitic Works
Copyright lasts for 70 years after the year of a known author's death. For unknown authors it expires 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first made available to the public. If a work is produced by two or more authors then the copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of the last of the authors to die.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 13:55:08 GMT
Literary, Dramatic or Artisitic Works Copyright lasts for 70 years after the year of a known author's death. For unknown authors it expires 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first made available to the public. If a work is produced by two or more authors then the copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of the last of the authors to die. Thanks, Riot. That explains it. He died in1965. I can vouch for that. Have a great birthday! 45 is nowt. You're not even in your prime yet. Trust me. |
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Post by riotgrrl on Nov 2, 2010 14:24:34 GMT
Literary, Dramatic or Artisitic Works Copyright lasts for 70 years after the year of a known author's death. For unknown authors it expires 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first made available to the public. If a work is produced by two or more authors then the copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of the last of the authors to die. Thanks, Riot. That explains it. He died in1965. I can vouch for that. Have a great birthday! 45 is nowt. You're not even in your prime yet. Trust me. Ha ha . . if your bloke died in 1965 I can tell you without doing any sums whatsoever how many years ago that was . . . that would be 45! Lol. Incidentally, 1965 was also the year that Churchill died. |
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Post by everso on Nov 14, 2010 23:56:41 GMT
Thanks, Riot. That explains it. He died in1965. I can vouch for that. Have a great birthday! 45 is nowt. You're not even in your prime yet. Trust me. Ha ha . . if your bloke died in 1965 I can tell you without doing any sums whatsoever how many years ago that was . . . that would be 45! Lol. Incidentally, 1965 was also the year that Churchill died. 1965 was the year I bought a reefer jacket and thought I looked dead cool.  I remember Churchill dying. When they brought his coffin up river from The Tower the cranes in docklands were lowered in a kind of touching salute. His grave in the churchyard at Bladon, Oxfordshire, is surprisingly simple and modest. |
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