On Wed, September 6, 2006 16:07, Platonides wrote:
If it's PD on the trademark registration country, it should be ok, but *who decides the ineligibility?*
The way this thread is starting to read I'm almost wondering if we're heading towards the conclusion that 'one size will never fit all' as each country / jurisdiction will operate different restrictions for the same material and for us to define something as 'commons' usuable worldwide will be close to impossible.
I hate to suggest it, but are we looking towards some sort of infobox on each image/media page with a table of country/ies and statuses, leaving it to the user in each instance to confirm what status applies to their proposde use?
Alison Wheeler