Thank you so much, I would never have been able to find that out otherwise. I've sent him a message on LinkedIn, so I guess now all we have to do is wait and see.
On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 11:04:22 +0200 Laura Hale <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > - > - RKLedgerwood > - (Skype) > - > - RKLedgerwood > - (Yahoo! Messenger) > - > - [email protected] > - (Windows Live Messenger) > > > > - > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > > > > -- > twitter: purplepopple _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
