Fastfission wrote:
It is tempting to say, "If its publication IS
illegal, then surely no
one will sue for infringement (since that would require claiming
authorship, which is illegal)", but that would only apply in the state
in which it was published, I imagine. Whether a publication is illegal
or not is probably a national issue -- something illegal in one
country is not necessarily illegal in the US, and wouldn't affect the
US handling of the copyright law.
A more likely scenario would be to have the publication illegal because
it sought an end to British occupation. Once the British were gone the
illegality would have ceased.
Ec