On Sunday 28 November 2010 15:22:32 michael crane wrote: > I've come across 1/2 a dozen little motivational chinese comics > which somebody gave me in the late '60s. I've got no idea what the > copyright situation is but I thought I might put them online as an > historical document. > Is there anybody about is up to translating into English ? > the on topic part is I'll need to do some manipulation of the > text/images > > > regards > > mick American copyright law give the author an inherent copyright as soon as a work is created. Works created before 1923 are in the public domain. Others have that inherent copyright.
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