On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Kevin T <
ktsquare@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I wonder how Gary knows that the domain is registered to Ray Saintonge?
> Using some sorts of searches, I presume?
>
> Padraic's idea worth the effort to be explored, but as Andrew had spoken,
> copyright law is sophisticated in the eyes of laymen.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Padraic <
user.padraic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there, I remember at one point the idea being tossed around that
>> Wikimedia Canada could host materials on
wikimedia.ca that are PD in Canada,
>> but not the US.
>>
>> At [[Commons:Deletion requests/Library and Archives Canada non-PD
>> images]], I think we've discovered such a class of images: photos taken
>> after 1949, whose copyright is either corporate or Crown. In Canada, their
>> copyright expires 50 years after publication, but in the US, since they were
>> not PD in 1996 when the URAA was passed, they won't enter the PD untill 95
>> years fter publication. I think it'd be nice to host them somewhere for that
>> 45-year gap, since Canadian users would be able to use them, and we would
>> know exactly when they'd be eligible for Commons.
>>
>> Right now, there are only 4 such images, but clearly there is a huge
>> potential for more materials (especially when you consider things like the
>> NFB). Assuming the 4 images get deleted from Commons, I'm going to throw
>> them up on my Flickr page, with the appropriate copyright notices. However,
>> I just thought I'd say that I'd be interested in working such a Wikimedia-CA
>> project -- and more importantly, if there is enough material to warrant
>> starting such a wiki, in a non-WMF-sanctioned, third-party way, before all
>> the official chapter stuff gets sorted out, I'd be interested in working on
>> that. I'd even be willing to get a domain name (
cancommons.ca?) and host it
>> all, if other people were willing to contribute.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Padraic
>>
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Padraic
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http://wikitravel.org/en/User:Padraic
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