geni wrote:
2008/9/30 John Vandenberg
<jayvdb(a)gmail.com>om>:
Absurd. Most recently written copyright laws are
very clear that laws
and judicial opinions are in the public domain. add Israel and
Azerbaijan to the growing list appearing in this thread.
Okey. As I've said I'm more familiar with British based law than
French based (is Azerbaijan Russian based?). The problem is that
British does not have PD laws and has never done so which means that
anyone with an English law based legal system who hasn't updated the
relevant sections will not have PD laws. Rather a lot of countries
have English law based legal systems.
Not okay. This is just absurd. It is ludicrous to assume that every
country which is based on English law, will have jumped over the cliff
after it, and balked from safeguarding itself from copyright silliness.
Yours,
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
Given that a highly industrialised state like Israel only managed to
update it's legal system last year and it appears that Australia
hasn't updated the relevant part I wouldn't say that is a safe bet.
Can anyone find an exception in Canadian law? Appears at first glance
to fall under sec 12 (crown copyright). Actually section 12 may have
additional issues.
Copyright silliness is also questionable. It is fairly easy to see how
a government could think that the liberties of crown copyright are
enough.
--
geni