On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 19:55 -0500, John Culleton wrote: > 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 historical document.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. > > Calling the cartoons or whatever an historic document does not render > them copyright free.
On the other hand, if they were published in China, then American law does not apply. -- Gerard Cunningham Journalist Kildare, co Kildare
