Thanks, Venetia, this is very useful.  I didn't know about the Wikipedia page.

I don't understand your contact's reply to your query about critical editions.  What does the 2007 change mean for editions?  More stringent protection, or less?

Dominik

On 8 November 2011 06:11, venetia ansell <venetia.ansell@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Dominik,
I had a discussion recently with an ex copyright lawyer here in Bangalore and based on that and reading a little about it on the internet (for instance the Wikipedia article on Indian copyright law here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_India) that would be my guess but it would be best to get a proper legal opinion on this.
Incidentally, I asked whether textual/critical editions are copyrighted and in that connection my contact here noted that a recent change in Indian copyright law in 2007 means that creativity and originality are given more weightage than they used to be - it used to be based more on 'sweat of the brow'.
Best,
Venetia

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Venetia,

Have you got a reference for that?

Best,
Dominik



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On 7 November 2011 05:45, venetia ansell <venetia.ansell@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Anthony,
My limited understanding of Indian copyright law is that copyright expires either sixty years after the death of the author or sixty years after the publication of a work if it is published posthumously or if it is a photograph.
So it would seem to be fine to re-use by either reckoning.
Best,
Venetia

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:05 AM, A.Cerulli <acerulli@aya.yale.edu> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

I am trying to check on permissions for an image (a black & white drawing) I'd like to reprint that came out in an edition of the Caraka Samhita with Shri Venkateshwar Press in 1898.

 

I wrote to the press using an online contact form at the Khemraj Shrikrishnadass website, but received no response. 
Does anyone on the list have a contact at this press who might be able to help me?
 

Also, re copyright laws, does anyone know if after a certain number of years an image in a book becomes part of the public domain?

 

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

All the best,

Anthony Cerulli

Hobart & William Smith Colleges

 




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