[WikiEN-l] Joan Finney photo - final appeal

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Mar 12 08:13:25 UTC 2007


Stephen Bain wrote:

>Since copyright is automatically acquired on creation of the work
>(this is the case in all relevant jurisdictions), it can be presumed
>that the work is copyrighted unless there is evidence to show that the
>copyright has expired (evidence of the date of creation) or that the
>work has been released into the public domain or freely licenced
>(evidence of such a release or grant of licence).
>
Another very important exception is a work which was not copyrightable 
in the first place.

Ec




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