Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On 03 Jan 2006 21:19:24 -0700, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> >Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >
> >> David Johnston wrote:
> >> >
> >> > He wrote Narnia novels after the Mouse, so his copyright will never
> >> > expire.
> >>
> >> What does a Talking Mouse have to do with the copyright?
> >
> >Unlike Sir James Barrie's estate, Disney hasn't been able to get the
> >Mouse specifically exempted from normal copyright law. So every
> >extension they've gotten for the sake of their cash cow (money Mouse?)
> >has had the effect of extending copyright on everything written since,
> >as well.
>
> Sigh.
>
> Yes, Disney lobbied for the 1998 Copyright Extension Act.
>
> However, the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act was created in
> response to Germany extending copyright by twenty years, and Disney
> did _not_ campaign in Germany -- the State of Bavaria, which owns the
> German-language rights to _Mein Kampf_ and has been actively
> suppressing it, did.
How did Bavaria obtain the German language rights to Mein Kampf? Who owns
the English language rights?
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