[INDOLOGY] Bhattacharyya's Sadhanamala edition

[Paul Hackett]

Dear Dominik,

   Thank you for clarifying this issue for the list.  I would point out that the situation in the U.S. is different, having become far more complicated in recent years due to the "Copyright Term Extension Act" passed in the U.S.

   That having been said, when I scanned my own copy of Bhattacharyya's Sadhanamala volumes, I did so with the intention of producing a searchable electronic copy of his critical editions.  I had prototyped Devanagari OCR for a different project, and had been thinking to extend that process to these volumes.

   I have, in recent months, been thinking to revisit this -- i.e. producing a searchable electronic copy of the texts contained in those volumes -- and so would be curious to know from the List if anyone knows of any other projects underway to do this, to revisit the original texts that served as the basis of his editions, or any other related project so as to avoid any duplication of efforts.

All the best,

Paul Hackett
Columbia University



On Apr 4, 2013, at 5:14 AM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:

> Benoytosh Bhattacharyya died in 1964.  So his copyright expires and his works become public domain in 2024, 60 years after his death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length.  The (C) rules specifically within Indian borders are laid out here, and seem more relaxed than the various international legislations (to which India is also a signatory): http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/handbook.html.
> 
> But the consensus in copyright discussions is that critical editions are different from monographs or literary works, and the consensus is that their copyright only extends to 25 years after publication.   This is law in Germany (but may be reviewed soon), and is emerging as general usage elsewhere.  So if the Sadhanamala vols are just edition,  or we're talking about scans of just the edition parts, then they've been in the public domain since 1985.  
> See
> Margoni, Thomas and Perry, Mark, "Scientific and Critical Editions of Public Domain Works: An Example of European Copyright Law (Dis)Harmonization" (November 18, 2011). Canadian Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 27, p. 157. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1961535
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> Best,
> Dominik
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> On 17 March 2013 00:35, Ulrich T. Kragh <utkragh at hum.ku.dk> wrote:
> Dear Indology List,
> Does there exist a PDF of Benoytosh Bhattacharyya's two-volume edition of the Sadhanamala (1925-1928) in Gaekwad Oriental Series, which can be downloaded online?
>  
> With best regards,
> Tim
>  
> Dr. Ulrich Timme Kragh
> Research Fellow and Mellon Project Coordinator
> IIAS, Leiden University
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