[Commons-l] countering systemic bias through copyright translation

[Sandahl]

Quick translation of Cuban copyright if this what you need. I believe Cuba
joined the Berne convention in early 1997.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

On Jan 17, 2008 1:45 PM, Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:

> Commons:License information has significant gaps in copyright overviews
> for developing countries.  This presents real problems for Wikimedians who
> wish to upload historic public domain images.
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing#License_information
>
> The other day I located two panoramas: Havana harbor and the Panama Canal
> being built.  Both are public domain under United States law where the
> images were published, but Commons rules require that they also be verified
> public domain in the country where they were photographed.  Neither Cuba or
> Panama is listed on the license information page, so I've attempted a
> translation of the relevant law.  My Spanish is not strong, nor am I
> qualified to give legal opinions, so if you can help please verify my
> tentative translations posted here:
>
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Requested_Translations#Spanish_to_English
>
> This raises another issue: which country's copyright laws prevail for the
> former Canal Zone?  United States or Panama?  Commons currently hosts some
> images of the canal's construction and the ones I checked are marked only as
> PD-US, which may or may not be adequate.  And more generally, whose laws
> apply when national jurisdiction changes?  I found some other historic
> photographs from Africa, but didn't upload them because of these unanswered
> questions.
>
> Is there any coordinated effort to fill in the gaps at the Commons:License
> information page?  If not, there should be.
>
> -Durova
>
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