On 7/8/2012 5:08 PM, geni wrote:
Nope. Commons has decided that this is one area where it isn't going to pay attention to non US law.
The reason for this is that certain non-US law is actually bad law. Copyright involves creativity in terms of creation. Such a creation may be another wholly new compilation of another creation, but a restoration unfortunately does not qualify; primarily because it is, in fact, a "restoration". The definition of restoration is an act of making something as best as one can to an original state--which involves a lot of work and talent but by definition no particular creativity whatsoever. It is *not* a new creation.
The reason the UK "Sweat of the brow" law has been weakened is because it is a bad law. What it describes and demands rights for is not copyright, it is a demand for credit for work done. I don't see a problem with requesting demand for work done for downward users; but such a request should not and cannot be enforced by using copyright demands.
You will never convince Commons users to use a copyright tag on something that is not enforceable by copyright law which either doesn't exist (US) or is bad law (UK).
Cary