Jens Ohlig on Nostr: This means that a treaty from 1892, signed when Kaiser Wilhelm was in power, will ...
This means that a treaty from 1892, signed when Kaiser Wilhelm was in power, will cause the copyright protection of Steamboat Willie in Germany to run until 2042 – even though it lost copyright protection in the United States. This situation is absurd and probably not intended by the legislature. It is, however, the legal reality we are in. Thanks, Wilhelm II.
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