Talk:Moral Code of the Builder of Communism

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The works originally published in the Soviet Union before May 27, 1973, were not protected by International Copyright Conventions. It is believed [1] that they belong to the public domain in many countries including the U.S. However in some of the ex-Soviet countries, some of these works might still be protected by copyright.

This image was uploaded under good faith using the above tag: however, it may be under United States copyright if it was first published on or after January 1, 1923 and was still under copyright in a successor state to the Soviet Union on January 1, 1996.[2]

• The pre-1973-PD reasoning is wrong: The Soviet Union joined the Universal Copyright Convention on May 27, 1973. The UCC very clearly states in its paragraph VII that it applied to all works that were still copyrighted. Hence all Soviet works that were still copyrighted in the USSR in 1973 were internationally protected, even if they were published earlier.
• Russia joined the Berne Convention on May 13, 1995: Since 1993, Russia had had a copyright law that placed Soviet/Russian works published after 1943 (or 1939 for veterans of WWII) or where the author died later under copyright. Thus a "pre-1973" rule on Soviet works outside Russia is invalid at least since 1995/1996, in the U.S. and also in other members of the Berne Convention.
• The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation from June 19, 2006. decided (decision (in Russian) that the 50-year copyright term defined in the Russian copyright law of 1993 (No. 5351-1) was retroactive and even restored the copyright on works on which the old 25-year copyright from the old Soviet code had elapsed.
• There was a legal case on that matter in the US: The case Films by Jove, Inc. v. Berov, 154 F. Supp. 2d (2d Cir. 2001) and 250 F. Supp. 2d 432 (2d Cir. 2003). This was a complicated case about a copyright infringement (committed in the U.S.) on Soviet cartoons. The case was about many different Soviet animated films published from 1936 to 1991. Some of these films were of Cheburashka, which is considered by many people in Russia a kind of national property; the childrens' books that served as the base for these films were written by Eduard Uspensky in 1966. In that case (154 F. Supp. 2d at 448) the court clearly stated that these were "restored works", i.e. works that had their copyright in the U.S. restored under the URAA (17 USC 104A). (see From Itar-TASS to Films by Jove: The Conflict of Laws Revolution in International Copyright)

For further details see Commons:Template talk:PD-Soviet and Commons:Deletion_requests/Template:PD-Soviet.

1. ^ L.I. Podshibikhin, K.B. Leontiev, Realization of Bern declaration in Russian Federation
2. ^ 17 U.S.C. §104A

From Great Soviet Encyclopedia:

Моральный кодекс строителя коммунизма, свод научно обоснованных принципов коммунистической морали, возникших в социалистическом обществе и нашедших своё теоретическое обобщение в Программе КПСС, принятой 22-м съездом КПСС (1961). В истории существовали различные моральные кодексы, как писанные (заповеди религии, сословные кодексы, дуэльные и т. д.), так и неписанные, фактически существующие в каждой исторически известной форме морали.

В противовес абстрактному содержанию моральных кодексов прошлого, претендовавших на выражение вечных и неизменных "добродетелей", М. к. строителя коммунизма объективно обусловлен существующими общественными отношениями, носит конкретно-исторический характер, отражает степень и форму распространения новых нравственных норм, высокую моральную культуру социалистического общества и определяющие тенденции нравственного развития личности в условиях перехода к коммунизму.

Ведущим принципом М. к. является преданность делу коммунизма, любовь к социалистической Родине. В нём определено новое, социалистическое отношение человека к труду, к общественной собственности, к общественным интересам, общению между людьми в условиях господства социалистических производственных отношений (коллективизм, гуманность, честность и правдивость, простота и скромность), отношение человека к семье, к детям. Нетерпимость к порокам старого мира и непримиримость к врагам коммунизма, дела мира и свободы народов М. к. сов. человека причисляет к важнейшим принципам коммунистической морали, выражающим её революционную направленность и боевой дух. Интернациональная природа М. к. раскрывается в утверждении им дружбы и братства народов СССР, братской солидарности с трудящимися всех стран, со всеми народами.

Жестоким и циничным заповедям эксплуататорских классов М. к. строителя коммунизма противопоставляет нравственные принципы коллективизма и гуманизма, выраженные в словах: "...каждый за всех, все за одного", "...человек человеку - друг, товарищ и брат" (Программа КПСС, 1973, с. 120).

В основе М. к. строителя коммунизма лежит утверждение идеалов международного коммунистического движения и борьба за коммунизм. Но это классовое содержание сочетается в нём с общечеловеческим, поскольку борьба за коммунизм отвечает интересам не только рабочего класса, трудящихся, но в конечном итоге и всего человечества.

М. к. служит могущественным средством нравственного воспитания сов. людей, он способствует выполнению главной задачи этого воспитания - сформировать сознательного и активного борца за коммунизм, всесторонне развитого, нового человека, свободного от пороков и пережитков старого общества.

Mikkalai 03:53, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Please elaborate

Mikkalai,

Thank you for your intriguing articles concerning contemporary (20th Century) Soviet history. Like the article on the First Tractor, this article gave me insight into both the world view and day-to-day values of that time. Yes, I do see similarities with the Ten Commandments, but what I find more interesting is what might be different. For this reason, could you kindly elaborate on, say, the four values that were of a political nature? Or, ideally, listing each of the values in the moral code one by one.

Unrelated to this is the whole issue of the Hammer-and-Cycle symbol. I sense a great degree of ambivalence toward this symbol, not only among those in Anglophone cultures (ie: U.S.A.) but among those from the former Soviet Union. This had led to debates in WikiPedia as to whether or not to show this symbol on USSR-related pages. I feel that it should be shown, since this is an undeniable, and highly important part of contemporary world history.

I sense that the only shame that could have been associated with this symbol was in conjunction with Stalin. I do not feel that one bad person should ruin a perfectly good symbol, one that is highly recognizable and uncompromising. Every country has its controversial symbol. The U.S.A. has the Confederate Battle Flag. Although I am opposed to both its public display and official recognition, I do not feel it should be banned from encyclopedias. If it were, it would allow all of us, including the youth who use WikiPedia, to forget that each and every one of us are fallable.

'nuff said ---- Vonkje 00:13, 31 May 2005 (UTC)