False Copyright Infringement, Need Help from AMZ
@Jim_Amazon @Dougal_Amazon
my asin recieved copyright infringement , and my appleal of compliant case #17371274081 has received rejected reply from AMZ as below:
We completed our evaluation of your submission. We do not have enough information to remove the violation at this time.
But the truth is that the real copyright owner of the pic is an famous artist called Sherman Foote Denton, the watercolor signature"Denton" could be found on left corner of each art.
since this artist has already died on 1937, so the art is on public domain .
which also means , there is no way the copyright infringement complaint filer own the copyright, my violation should be revoked, and I should be able to continue to use that pic.
False Copyright Infringement, Need Help from AMZ
@Jim_Amazon @Dougal_Amazon
my asin recieved copyright infringement , and my appleal of compliant case #17371274081 has received rejected reply from AMZ as below:
We completed our evaluation of your submission. We do not have enough information to remove the violation at this time.
But the truth is that the real copyright owner of the pic is an famous artist called Sherman Foote Denton, the watercolor signature"Denton" could be found on left corner of each art.
since this artist has already died on 1937, so the art is on public domain .
which also means , there is no way the copyright infringement complaint filer own the copyright, my violation should be revoked, and I should be able to continue to use that pic.
5 respostas
Seller_4zBzdtgCyS9EI
Did you offer this only in the US?
A work might be in the public domain in one country, but still be protected in another, potentially due to different duration of protection or other factors
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Here are two rules of thumb for determining how long a copyright lasts:
For works published before January 1, 1978, the term is 95 years from publication.
For works created on or after January 1, 1978, the term is the life of the author (creator) plus 70 years.
In other words, the copyright for most works will expire and the work will enter the public domain either 95 years after publication or 70 years after the death of the author.
Seller_4zBzdtgCyS9EI
uhm....
fake Rolexes are sold on every street corner in certain area, that doesn't make them authentic. That logic goes nowhere unless the US copyright office says there is no copyright. Yes, true, most likely this is public domain, but Amazon wont sort out the details, it is overwhelmingly complicated (yes, I spend 30 minutes reading about this as it spiked my curiosity)
What I copied up there was just a very simply answer to avoid several pages worth of details (such as automatic 95 year extension if an image was re-copyrighted before 1978...)
Laws changed multiple times in the last 100 years.
There was another guy here a few months back getting suspended over the Mickey Mouse Image. Sure, it's public domain now, but unless one reads carefully, you wouldn't know it only applies to the very first creation of Mickey Mouse and what he looked like then.....
Amazon wont get into hot water, employing lawyers to double check what is in public domain or not. If you want to proof it, pay the copyright office for an official search and submit the result.
