Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 03:14:36 +0100 From: geni geniice@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Copyright question - illegal publications To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@wikipedia.org Message-ID: f80608430605091914t5d9fd62aq184a80ae0bbb0010@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
On 5/10/06, zero 0000 nought_0000@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm hoping someone here can help non a copyright issue.
I want to post a translation (probably on Wikiquote) of an article of just over a page that appeared in an illegal newspaper in 1943. There is no author given and the underground organization which published the newspaper disbanded in 1948. The article has substantial historical importance.
Can I do it legally? I can't see any explicit clauses in copyright legislation that would exclude illegal publications from copyright protection, but it is the sort of thing that might have come up in court cases.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks, Zero.
In which country was it pubished?
geni
In Palestine, then under a Mandate from the League of Nations. So the legal regime at the time has also been long ago terminated. The copyright regulations of the time would have been inherited from the Ottoman empire, unless the British administration specifically changed them.
Zero.
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On 5/10/06, zero 0000 nought_0000@yahoo.com wrote:
In Palestine, then under a Mandate from the League of Nations. So the legal regime at the time has also been long ago terminated. The copyright regulations of the time would have been inherited from the Ottoman empire, unless the British administration specifically changed them.
Zero.
Oh man. I don't know ottoman copyright stuff at all. Under british I'd guess the original would still be convered by copyright. However I think this is a case that would require a lawyer.
-- geni