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Erik J. Hammerstrom

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Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Religious Studies

Indiana University, Bloomington

韓光

宗教系博士候選人

美國印第安那大學

Draft Release Announcement

RESOURCE> The Database of Modern Chinese Buddhism

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the opening of a new electronic database, the Database of Modern Chinese Buddhism (DMCB). This is a collaborative project hosted by the Dharma Drum Buddhist College that gathers information on topics related to Buddhism in China and makes them available in English. The focus of our work thus far has been on activities within Han Buddhism, but we have also included articles on others who impacted Buddhism in China, including, for example, the Norwegian missionary Karl L. Reichelt and the Ninth Panchen Lama. We are currently focusing on the period between 1850 and 1950 CE, but contributions for more recent time periods are welcomed.

The DMCB is a work of scholarship and is thus committed to maintaining an objective point of view and verifiable content, as well as scholarly norms of proper conduct. As a collaborative project, all contributors share responsibility for respecting the points of view of others. Any material posted to the DMCB is subject to edit, revision, expansion and deletion.

All data on the DMCB is licensed under an Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons license, and is thus publicly available and free to share under certain conditions. The DMCB is committed to respecting the copyright of authors, but as a work of scholarship asserts its fair use rights to quote and reference limited portions of material under copyright.

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The site currently holds around 200 articles on various topics, which can be searched using Chinese characters, pinyin (with or without tone marks), or English. We are continuing to add articles on a regular basis and welcome contributions from all scholars and interested persons. We are looking forward to the growth of this resource in the coming years.

The URL for the Database is: http://buddhistinformatics.ddbc.edu.tw/dmcb/Main_Page

Sincerely,

Erik J. Hammerstrom, Co-editor Ph.D. Candidate Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington

Gregory Adam Scott, Co-editor Ph.D. Candidate Department of Religion, Columbia University

Notes on copyright law:

In USA:

For single author works:

• Published before 1923: It is in the public domain IF PUBLISHED.
• Published 1923-1963: 28 years + 67 years if renewed
  • all not renewed now public domain
• Published 1964-1977: 28 years + 67 year automatic extension
  • all still under copyright
• Published after 1.1.1978: Life of author + 70 years
  • all still under copyright

Table of Dates Works Pass into public domain in the U.S.

In PRC: Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China (2001): Section 3 Term of Protection for Rights: Article 21: The term of protection for the right of publication and the rights referred to in Article l0, paragraphs (5) to (17), of this Law in respect of a work of a citizen shall be the lifetime of the author and fifty years after his death, and expires on 31 December of the fiftieth year after the death of the author. In the case of a work of joint authorship, such term shall expire on 31 December of the fiftieth year after the death of the last surviving author.

PRC Copyright Law (2001)

On photographs in PRC and ROC: According to copyright laws of the People's Republic of China (with legal jurisdiction in the mainland only, excluding Hong Kong and Macao) and the Republic of China (currently with jurisdiction in Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, Matsu, etc.), all photographs enter the public domain fifty years after they were first published, and all non-photographic works enter the public domain fifty years after the death of the creator.

Example from the wikimedia commons