Can we agree that if the creator of a (reasonably recent) work from one of these countries were ACTUALLY to request that the file be deleted due to a copyright issue, we would grant the request rather than rely on an omission or incompatibility in the copyright treaty regime?
Newyorkbrad On 2/23/12, Robert Rohde <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Is anybody aware of the situation on Commons with these countries? Should >> I alert Commons on this discussion? > <snip> > > Commons requires that all images be free of copyright in both the US > and their country of origin. Since most of the non-treaty countries > do have domestic copyright laws, the restrictions originating from > such laws continue to be enforced on Commons. > > The notable exception is Afghanistan which apparently has no domestic > copyright laws at all. > > The case of PD-Afghanistan on Commons is mentioned in prior emails on > this thread. > > -Robert Rohde > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
