Comment on How are Book Bans Constitutional?

• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I really hope there isn’t a more generous system than what the US has. It’s stupid long as-is.

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  • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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?

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    • Successful_Try543@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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