[Foundation-l] Question about office move

[Anthony]

On 10/19/07, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I suppose I should give context :)
>
> Despite the 9th Circuit's reputation for liberality,
> moving there would mean a more slightly conservative
> interpretation of copyright.  Foreign language works
> first published outside the US between 1909 and 1923
> are considered public domain in all of US *except* in
> the 9th circuit which stupidly treats them as
> unpublished works not subject to the URAA [1]
>
> I probably have the details somewhat mistaken but it
> definitely makes some small difference if we are 9th
> Circuit or not.
>
Are foreign language works first published outside the US between 1909
and 1923 currently allowed in WMF projects?  Are they public domain in
many locations outside the US (roughly speaking in what portion of the
world are these works free)?