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# Re: [FranzBardonMagi] ABardonCompanion Website Update -- [allegedly] Copyright material removed

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- To: FranzBardonMagi@yahoogroups.com, Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...>
- Subject: Re: [FranzBardonMagi] ABardonCompanion Website Update -- [allegedly] Copyright material removed
- From: JohnWW <JohnWW@...>
- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 10:10:15 +1300
- Cc: e_franzbardon@yahoogroups.com, BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
- Organization: WCA
- References: <000701c2d469$6e06a8e0$01a17fd8@ownerbqacdlzy6>
- Reply-to: JohnWW@...

    How long does legal copyright in written material subsist after the
    death of the author in the country of origin of Franz Bardon's books
    (either Germany or Czechoslovakia), or in the countries in which they
    are being distributed? Here in New Zealand, it is for 50 years after the
    death of the author, which is about the average policy in many countries
    (there seems to be a range of from 20 to 75 years), and in some
    countries the time runs from the date of publication. Franz Bardon died
    in 1958, so in many countries their copyright either has already
    expired, or will expire in a few years' time.

    Who claims to presently hold the copyright to Franz Bardon's works, and
    what evidence have they to support such a claim? They (e.g. Merkur
    Publishing? or Dieter Ruggeberg?) should be asked to produce
    satisfactory documentary evidence, in view of the uncertain and
    controversial history of his works, and the fact that most of them were
    first published only a very short time before his death, before you
    consider yourself under any obligation to remove the allegedly "illegal"
    PDFs of them from your website. You should certainly NOT take Merkur
    Publishing's unsubstantiated word for it. If they claim copyrights, the
    onus is upon them to prove it, not on you to disprove it, certainly
    under the circumstances. I recommend, therefore, that you restore the
    PDFs to your website until Merkur Publishing (or whoever) is asked for
    and supplies satisfactory evidence of copyright. Do not allow yourself
    to be "bullied".

    And what does Merkur Publishing propose to do about
    http://www.supervirtual.com.br/acervo/ in Brazil, which has the Bardon
    PDFs mostly in Portuguese? I would think that the duration of copyright
    protection in Brazil is probably shorter than in the U.S.A., or Germany
    for that matter.

    Many publishing firms are making small fortunes by publishing books by
    deceased authors under false claims of copyright, even when the authors
    have been dead so long that their copyrights have clearly expired. I can
    name some.

    John W.

    Rawn Clark wrote:
    >
    > Dear Friends,
    >
    > This morning I was informed that Merkur Publishing has actively sought
    > to have the illegal .pdf versions of the Ruggeberg editions of Bardon's
    > books removed from the Internet. Apparently, this is why they are no
    > longer posted on the "Rex Research" site.
    >
    > Since this is the case, I have removed them from my website as of this
    > morning.
    >
    > My best to you,
    > :) Rawn Clark
    > 14 Feb 2003
    > rawnclark@...
    > rawn@...
    > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis

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    - From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>

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