On 3/9/06, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/03/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
There is also a problem with pre-1923 things marked "PD-US" that are not necessarily PD worldwide.
Most PD-Art tagging, as well, relies on a relatively unusual provision of US copyright law (indeed, a provision made by a court case) which isn't a direct match for foreign legislation. Hum.
Decided by a court case BUT fairly obvious from the US constitution and copyright law as worded. Copyright is, in the US, only valid for creative expression; thus, there is no such thing as 'mechanical copyright' in the US as in other nations.
-Matt