Can we agree that if the creator of a (reasonably recent) work from one of these countries were ACTUALLY to request that the file be deleted due to a copyright issue, we would grant the request rather than rely on an omission or incompatibility in the copyright treaty regime?
Newyorkbrad
On 2/23/12, Robert Rohde rarohde@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod@mccme.ru wrote:
Is anybody aware of the situation on Commons with these countries? Should I alert Commons on this discussion?
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Commons requires that all images be free of copyright in both the US and their country of origin. Since most of the non-treaty countries do have domestic copyright laws, the restrictions originating from such laws continue to be enforced on Commons.
The notable exception is Afghanistan which apparently has no domestic copyright laws at all.
The case of PD-Afghanistan on Commons is mentioned in prior emails on this thread.
-Robert Rohde
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