Protection of Classics

Protection of Classics is a provision of <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual property</a> law that is included in the <a href="/facts/Copyright_Act/0CzTRp6t">Copyright Acts</a> of the <a href="/facts/Nordic_countries/uaqX7z81">Nordic</a> countries. According to this stipulation, it is forbidden to treat a work of art in a manner which violates cultural interests after the death of the author. This concerns also cases in which the copyright is no longer in force or has never existed, that is, material in the <a href="/facts/Public_domain/YWKMDKw4">public domain</a>.
The Copyright Acts of the Nordic countries resemble each other because important legislation used to be drafted jointly in these countries and that applied also to the copyright act preparation during the 1930s–1950s.
In most Nordic countries, there have been cases in which the prohibition has been imposed. Several cases exist in <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a>, two in <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a>, and one in <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a>. For instance in Denmark, it was ruled that also the <a href="/facts/Synoptic_Gospels/kjrRqb02">Gospels</a> are protected by this paragraph of the Copyright Act. In Finland, several translated children's books (including <a href="/facts/Alice%2527s_Adventures_in_Wonderland/xIcypuRd">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</a>) were banned in May 1962 because of the poor quality and clandestine abridgement of the translations. After appeals, the <a href="/facts/Supreme_Court_of_Finland/1RN6azQ6">Supreme Court of Finland</a> upheld the prohibition issued by the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Education_and_Culture_(Finland)/3qHDjvrt">Finnish Ministry of Education</a>.

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Protection of Classics