[Foundation-l] PD in Canada, but not the US

[geni]

2008/5/25 Padraic <user.padraic at gmail.com>:
> Based on our amateur legal analysis at [[Commons:Deletion requests/Library
> and Archives Canada non-PD images]], there is a potentially large class of
> images which are PD in Canada, but not the US: those works whose copyright
> was initially held by corporations (or the Crown), which expire 50 years
> after publication, but only after 95 years in the US due to the URAA.

In the case of crown copyright can the government legaly enforce any
claim or would they run into a domestic lawsuit if they tried?
Secondly are you sure the US wouldn't consider crown copyright expired
the equivalent of released into the public domain?

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geni