When Otto Frank first published his daughter’s red-checked diary and notebooks, he wrote a prologue assuring readers that the book mostly contained her words, written while hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex of a factory in Amsterdam.  But now the Swiss foundation that holds the copyright to “The Diary of Anne Frank” is alerting publishers that her father is not only the editor but also legally the co-author of the celebrated book.  The move has a practical effect:  It extends the copyright from Jan. 1, 2015 when it is set to expire in most of Europe, to the end of 2050.  Copyrights in Europe generally end 70 years after an author’s death.  Anne Frank died 70 years ago at Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp, and Otto Frank died in 1980.  Extending the copyright would block others from being able to publish the book without paying royalties or receiving permission.  In the United States, the diary’s copyright will still end in 2047, 95 years after the first publication of the book in 1952.  Copyright protections vary from country to country.  The classic novella “The Little Prince” fell into the public domain this year in much of the world but remains under copyright in France because of an exception that grants a 30-year extension to authors who died during military service in World War I and II.  Some critics of the foundation have already tested its resolve by posting bootleg copies of the diary online.  Olivier Ertzscheid, a lecturer in communications and researcher at the University of Nantes, received a warning letter this month from a French publisher of the diary after he started circulating a copy online in protest.  He removed it, but he and a French politician, Isabelle Attard, said they were waiting to see what happens in January before pressing forward with a plan to encourage publication of the original manuscript more widely online.  “The best protection of the work is to bring it in the public domain, because its audience will grow even more,” said Ms. Attard, who noted that her own Jewish relatives were hidden or deported during the German occupation in France.  “What is happening now is a bluff and pure intimidation.”  The foundation insists that by issuing an early warning of its intent to extend the copyright, it is acting ethically to prevent publishers from pursuing a course that might be unproductive and costly.  But if the foundation succeeds, publishers may wind up waiting even longer than the 70 years allowed after Otto Frank’s death.  A second editor, Mirjam Pressler, revised, edited and added 25 percent more material from Anne Frank’s diary for what was called a “definitive edition” in 1991.  She qualified for a copyright for her creative work, and the rights were transferred to the foundation, said its lawyer, Kamiel Koelman.  Doreen Carvajal  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/books/anne-frank-has-a-co-as-diary-gains-co-author-in-legal-move.html

Milestone Films was started in 1990 by Amy Heller and Dennis Doros out of their New York City one-room apartment and has since gained an international reputation for releasing classic cinema masterpieces, groundbreaking documentaries and American independent features.  The company’s work in rediscovering and releasing important films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Bon Voyage and Aventure Malgache, Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, Kent Mackenzie’s The Exiles, Lionel Rogosin’s On the Bowery, Mikhail Kalatozov’s I Am Cuba, Marcel Ophuls’s The Sorrow and the Pity, the Mariposa Film Group’s Word is Out, Shirley Clarke's The Connection and Ornette:  Made in America, has made Milestone one of the country’s most influential independent distributors.  In 1995, Milestone received the first Special Archival Award from the National Society of Film Critics for its restoration and release of I Am Cuba. Manohla Dargis, then at the LA Weekly, chose Milestone as the 1999 “Indie Distributor of the Year.”  In 2004, the National Society of Film Critics again awarded Milestone with a Film Heritage award.  That same year the International Film Seminars presented the company its prestigious Leo Award and the New York Film Critics Circle voted a Special Award “in honor of 15 years of restoring classic films.”  In November 2007, Milestone was awarded the Fort Lee Film Commission’s first Lewis Selznick Award for contributions to film history.  Milestone/Milliarium won Best Rediscovery from the Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards for its release of Winter Soldier in 2006 and again in 2010 for The Exiles.  In January 2008, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association chose to give its first Legacy of Cinema Award to Dennis Doros and Amy Heller of Milestone Film & Video “for their tireless efforts on behalf of film restoration and preservation.”  http://www.milestonefilms.com/pages/about-us

Albert Horton Foote, Jr. (1916–2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television.  He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for his play The Young Man From Atlanta.  In 1995, Foote was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award.   Shelby Foote wrote the comprehensive three volume, 3000-page history, together entitled The Civil War: A Narrative upon which the series was partially based and who appeared in almost ninety segments.  The two Footes are third cousins; their great-grandfathers were brothers.  "And while we didn't grow up together, we have become friends; I was the voice of Jefferson Davis in that TV series," Horton Foote added proudly.   Horton Foote made an effort to employ lifelike language in his writing, citing W. B. Yeats' work as an example of this realistic approach.  In an interview with playwright Stuart Spencer, Foote discusses his writing and material:   think there's certain things you don't choose.  I don't think that you can choose a style; I think a style chooses you.  I think that's almost an unconscious choice.  And I don't know that you can choose subject matter, really.  I think that's almost an unconscious choice.  I have a theory that from the time you're 12 years old all your themes are kind of locked in.  See a list of his plays at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Foote

The Malinois  is a medium breed of dog, the short-haired version of the Belgian Shepherd.  Its name is the French word for Mechlinian, which in Dutch is either Mechelse herder or Mechelaar (one from Mechelen).  The breed is used as a working dog for tasks including detection of odors such as explosives, accelerants (for arson investigation), and narcotics; tracking of humans for suspect apprehension in police work; and search and rescue missions.  The U.S. Secret Service uses the Malinois Dogs to guard the grounds of the White House.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malinois_(Belgian_Shepherd_Dog)

The German Shepherd is a breed of large-sized working dog that originated in Germany.  The breed's officially recognized name is German Shepherd Dog in the English language, sometimes abbreviated as "GSD", and was also formerly known as the Alsatian and Alsatian Wolf Dog in Britain.  The German Shepherd is a relatively new breed of dog, with their origin dating to 1899.  As part of the Herding Group, German Shepherds are working dogs developed originally for herding sheep.  Since that time, however, because of their strength, intelligence, trainability and obedience, German Shepherds around the world are often the preferred breed for many types of work, including assistance, search-and-rescue, police and military roles, and even acting.  The German Shepherd is the second-most popular breed of dog in the United States and fourth-most popular in the United Kingdom.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Shepherd

"The dog wants to smell.  Their nose is our eyes . . .  You want to show the dog a good time, let her smell.  It’s her walk, not yours."  "The man saw her, and took a step back.  This was the German shepherd effect."   Suspect, a novel by Robert Crais   Read online at http://www.fiction2.com/suspect-online-robert-crais

Independent analyses of tax policy issues from the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution.  Link to facts, tables, events, legislation and more at http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/

A step-by-step guide to the rigorous screening process for refugee entry into the U.S.   https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/11/20/infographic-screening-process-refugee-entry-united-states

STRAY AND ASTRAY--THE DIFFERENCE  stray  noun  any domestic animal that has an enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.   stray  verb to wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.   stray  adjective   having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.  astray  adverb   in a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.  http://the-difference-between.com/astray/stray

Ten most popular girl names of 2015  1. Sophia, 2. Emma, 3. Olivia, 4. Ava, 5. Mia, 6. Isabella, 7. Zoe, 8. Lily, 9. Emily, 10. Madison

Ten most popular boy names of 2015  1. Jackson, 2. Aiden, 3. Liam, 4. Lucas, 5. Noah, 6. Mason, 7. Ethan, 8. Caden. 9. Logan, 10. Jacob  http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2015

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 1386  December 2, 2015  On this date in 1775, the USS Alfred became the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag was hoisted by John Paul Jones.  On this date in 1804, at

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French.