Ron Ledgerwood is an American lawyer who has some familiarity with the
situation in the American Pacific, and lives on Palau. He has a fair
number of contacts with the CNMI, Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated
States of Micronesia, and American Samoa. He might be worth getting in
touch with, and tell him that Laura Hale suggested he be contacted. His
details are:
Ron Ledgerwood
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- RKLedgerwood
- (Skype)
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- RKLedgerwood
- (Yahoo! Messenger)
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- [email protected]
- (Windows Live Messenger)
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/rkledgerwood
Sincerely,
Laura Hale
On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 1:19 AM, 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
>
>
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