The other question, what happens if the brother does not appear in 6 years? Does the government remain in possession of the copyrights?
A work of the United States government, as defined by United States copyright law, is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties.".[1] In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act,[2] such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law.
Matt, is the copyright validity different in different countries? Is it possible that, for the US, Vivian Maier prints may be like Cuban cigars, only in Canada, you say?
So when do Vivian Maier's copyrights expire?
Seventy (or is it fifty?) years after her death.
Steve.
I can't tell exactly how long the copyright for her work would be, but it seems that anything before 1964 is in the public domain. This assumes that the article is up to date in 2014 which may not be true.
You don't think lawyers who work hard, and make use of training, skill, experience and resources on behalf of their clients should be fairly compensated for the benefits they achieve for their clients?
The US Copyright law has various ways to determine the length of the copyright, but in Ms Maier's case I think it is pretty safe to assume that the copyright will be in effect for 70 years after her death. Since she died in 2009 that means that anything she created is copyrighted under her name until 2079.
If she, or an heir, publishes any of her work in that time period the copyright on the published work extends for another 45 years.
If you are waiting for the copyright to expire it might take awhile.
303 . Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 19785
(a) Copyright in a work created before January 1, 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or copyrighted, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for the term provided by section 302.
§ 302 . Duration of copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 1978
(a) In General. Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death.
This is all fine and good... unless you try to apply it to Disney
This is interesting to me, because my reaction to how all the non-lawyers have dealt with this is "how dis-respectful to ignore the distant family, and the interest we all share in protecting copyright".Just a shame that the lawyers involved won't respect the departed and have her work displayed and disseminated without legal ramifications.
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