"Unknown copyright restrictions" would not necessarily translate as PD-Australia, you'd have assess each image and see whether its meets the conditions on that template.
*A* Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to *1 January 1955* *B * Photographs (except A): taken prior to *1 January 1955* *C* Artistic works (except A & B): the creator died before *1 January 1955* *D* Published editions1 (except A & B): first published more than 25 years ago *E* Commonwealth or State government owned2 photographs and engravings: taken or published more than 50 years ago and prior to *1 May 1969* starting at point A if meets that then its ok, if not then does it meet point B, In general never assume with copyright, if you dont know enough information then it cant be used. Commons has the precautionary principle that you need to be aware of because it sinks these type of licensing guesses every time if you cant provide sufficient proof for the choice of license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Precautionary_principle On 31 January 2013 12:39, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: > Read the story here:**** > > ** ** > > > http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/in-flickrs-page-let-every-stage-advance-australia-fair/ > **** > > ** ** > > See the images here:**** > > ** ** > > > http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/in-flickrs-page-let-every-stage-advance-australia-fair/ > **** > > ** ** > > I notice that all the ones I have looked at are labelled “no known > copyright restrictions”. Would that translate to {{PD-Australia}} for > uploading to Commons?**** > > ** ** > > Kerry**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > -- GN. Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com Gn. Blogg: http://gnangarra.wordpress.com
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