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by torbit 3924 days ago
The copyright will end in December 31, 2016 for the EU
2 comments

Has it been invalidated in the EU?

Oddly enough, the expiration date of a copyright is a birthday of sorts.

ah sorry. updated to "will expire".
If it only covers the words, then can we still sing Paljon Onnea Vaan in Finnish?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FI6c_r3dKg

My hunch is that a translation is obviously a derivative, therefore you cannot.

Edit: of course now you can, but before this ruling you couldn't. Or to be pedantic, you still can't, but there's noone to stop you.

Does American copyright law really extend to Finland? (I assume few people sing the Finnish version in the US...)