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teresahackett@eircom.net writes:
BTW, according to the press, the other amendment to the copyright right (below) results from a threat by the estate of James Joyce to a big exhibition just opened by the National Library of Ireland to celebrate Bloomsday.
"Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2004 The Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2004 amends Section 40 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 to provide that, for the avoidance of doubt, no infringement of any right created by the relevant Part in relation to an artistic or literary work occurs by reason of the placing on display the work, or a copy thereof, in a place or premises to which members of the public have access."
Yep, that sounds like it was pretty hilarious. I blogged (ugh) it at http://taint.org/2004/06/16/233425a.html as follows:
Reportedly, the Dail even had to pass emergency legislation last week to prevent an exhibition at Dublin's National Library from being sued by the Joyce Estate:
The threat to the exhibition has been caused by the 2000 Copyright Act which creates a doubt about its ability to display manuscripts bought by the State because the Joyce estate still holds copyright.
Hilarious. Recent overzealous copyright extension legislation snares governments too! But they get to rewrite the laws in emergency session to fix it ;)
- --j.