[Commons-l] countering systemic bias through copyright

[Durova]

Thanks, Sandahl.  Actually I've put my Spanish to the test on this.  And
Geni, I'm leaning toward taking the risk that even if Panamanian law does
apply, the photographer who shot a 1913 photograph was unlikely to be
alive 45 years later.  I'll try to research that some more before uploading.

Generally speaking, is there any coordinated effort to fill in these gaps?
Pretty much the entire Western Hemisphere copyright terms could be filled in
by editors who are fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Portugese.

It's a huge disincentive against actually countering systemic bias when the
steps are:

*Find great shot in archives.  Whoopee!
*Search license info page: nothing.
*Click link.
*Surf, squint, translate.
*Um, is this right?
*Scratch head.

-Durova
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