Pre-1923 images that were never published in the US are also considered PD. See http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:54 PM, ChrisiPK chrisipk@gmail.com wrote:
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Images on Commons need to be free in the US and the country of origin. If I understand correctly, these images are from the UK, but the PD status to pre-1923 images only applies to US images.
Regards,
ChrisiPK
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