In this case the decision isnt one Wikimedia Australia can take, nor one in which we could provide legal certainty about. Copyright of works uploaded to the projects is something the projects community must decide as to acceptability and authenticity of the licensing I would suggest asking at [email protected] for a wider opinion about the position of the copyright.
Reading the same information I have a similar opinion thought to me there is a question about the moral issue of such an action, I'm not sure I'd be taking this action. I would also look further into mechanics of their Independence 1979 consider whether there was any US laws, or treaties that rolled over along with the details of the Compact of Free Association which may have enacted or enable rights. On 1 July 2018 at 07:19, Riley Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > From what I can see, the Marshall Islands have no copyright law, except > for the Unauthorized Copies of Recorded Materials Act, 1991, which > applies only to some sound recordings and audiovisual material. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_rules_ > by_territory#Marshall_Islands > > As far as I can tell, they're not party to any relevant treaties - last > December, they acceded to the Convention Establishing the World > Intellectual Property Organization, but this does not appear to have a > practical impact on their copyright law. > > If it is the case that the Marshall Islands have no copyright law, then > it would be good to get as much useful content published in the Marshall > Islands copied into Wikisource as we can. > > Living in Canberra, I have access to the National Library, which has > copies of the Marshall Islands Journal dating back for quite a long > time, and I'd like to scan and upload some of them, especially since > there is relatively little content related to the Marshall Islands on > Wikipedia, and the journals would be a useful source of information. > (The only other Australian libraries with it, according to Worldcat, > are the State Library of NSW and the University of Adelaide Library.) > > However, before I do this, I'd like to get some thoughts on whether I'm > interpreting the situation correctly, and if there are any precautions > which I would need to take before doing so. > > Thanks, > > Riley Baird > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > -- GN. Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com Out now: A.Gaynor, P. Newman and P. Jennings (eds.), *Never Again: Reflections on Environmental Responsibility after Roe 8*, UWAP, 2017. Order here <https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/never-again-reflections-on-environmental-responsibility-after-roe-8> .
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