Hi!
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Yann Forget yannfo@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Just a few days before these texts were deleted, I asked Cary what was the official opinion of Wikimedia Foundation about texts which are in the public domain in USA, but not in France. I was told that "the community is entitled to decide by itself".
Comments?
Regards,
Yann
I think it's reasonable to account country of origin copyrights laws too as Commons does, especially with Wikisource editions other then English, where majority of text most likely originated outside of USA. And majority of audience also likely to be outside of USA.
Some even tend to interpret USA public domain that everything published before 1923 (regardless of fact of publication in USA or not) is public domain in USA.
Eugene.