Comment on How are Book Bans Constitutional?
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 4 weeks agoAs the author of that book is now dead since more than 70 years, the copyright has expired and it theoretically can be reproduced. It may be still on a list as ‘harmful for young persons’ or alike.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The Netherlands use the same copyright laws?
I always assumed that was just the US copyright system
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
European copyright laws are different from US ones in many ways, but “life of the author plus 70 years” is definitely a thing in Europe.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I really hope there isn’t a more generous system than what the US has. It’s stupid long as-is.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My assumption is that because “the state claimed the rights” for that specific book makes me think this is a special case in their laws
Can a US state or the federal government claim the right to someone else’s writing?
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 4 weeks ago
It was not directly the state claiming ownership of that book just because. After WWII ended, the alliites confiscated all assets of those who were deemed most responsible for the war including Adolf Hitler and his rights on Mein Kampf. This yielded later to the state of Bavaria owning the rights on that book.