Volunteers outside the USA: R. Farquharson Sharp died in 1945. The author's work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years.
A small coastal town in Norway is experiencing an economic boom from its newly found hot springs. When Dr. Thomas Stockmann finds that the waters are contaminated and dangerous, the people refuse to accept his statement, and Dr. Stockmann's friends turn against him. (Summary by Libby Gohn)
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Hi Liby,
would you please find out if the translater was american or british? If the translation was first published in the US, it is ok for countries who work according to the rule of the shorter turm. If not, than it's not...
The rule of the shorter turm states that, if a work is not under copyright in the country of publication, it is in the public domain in the countries which adhear to it.
Stav.
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miss stav wrote:Hi Liby,
would you please find out if the translater was american or british? If the translation was first published in the US, it is ok for countries who work according to the rule of the shorter turm. If not, than it's not...
The rule of the shorter turm states that, if a work is not under copyright in the country of publication, it is in the public domain in the countries which adhear to it.
Stav.
I couldn't find anything solid. His own books were published by Cornell University, which is in the US, but he could just be publishing through them without actually working there.
I'll MC for you, Libby. I've done Ibsen plays translated by Sharp in the past, and I've always assumed that his work is not PD 70.
Also, I don't know which role you're planning to read yourself, but I'd love to take part. Mrs. Stockmann or Petra would be great - whatever you're not planning on reading.
I was going to read whatever's left at the end - so let me know if you have a preference. I'm not doing a gender-specific cast because there's about 5 times as many men as women, and gender-politics isn't really important to this play.
You could knock me down with a feather if he isn't British, with a name like that. He was a prolific contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography, and most of his books were published in London, so I'd say definitely not PD in Death +70 countries.
He was a prolific contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography, and most of his books were published in London, so I'd say definitely not PD in Death +70 countries.