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In the US they are. That doesn't make them free in the country of origin.
Regards,
ChrisiPK
Howard Cheng schrieb:
> Pre-1923 images that were never published in the US are also considered PD.
> See http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain
2009/8/10 Andrew Turvey :
> That's interesting. How does this apply to the National Portrait Gallery
> images then? These were copies of a British digitization which, under UK
> copyright law, qualifies as a new item subject to copyright.
...to be more accurate, *maybe* it does. The law is distin
geni schrieb:
> 2009/8/10 Andrew Turvey :
>> - "ChrisiPK" wrote:
>>> From: "ChrisiPK"
>>> To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List"
>>> Sent: Monday, 10 August, 2009 22:54:44 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
>>> Po
Andrew Turvey wrote:
>> Images on Commons need to be free in the US and the country of origin.
> If I
>> understand correctly, these images are from the UK, but the PD status to
>> pre-1923 images only applies to US images.
>
> That's interesting. How does this apply to the National Portrait Galle
Pre-1923 images that were never published in the US are also considered PD.
See http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
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> Images on Commons need to be free in the US and the count
2009/8/10 Andrew Turvey :
> - "ChrisiPK" wrote:
>> From: "ChrisiPK"
>> To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List"
>> Sent: Monday, 10 August, 2009 22:54:44 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
>> Portugal
>> Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Ar
- "ChrisiPK" wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Archive pictures of North East Midlands
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Images on Commons need to be free in the US and the country of origin. If I
understand correctly, these images are from the UK, but the PD status to
pre-1923 images only applies to US images.
Regards,
ChrisiPK
Andrew Turvey schrieb:
> I've recently
I've recently come across the following website that publishes a large number
of old photographs held in local council archives in Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire:
http://tinyurl.com/nydpcj
Many of the pictures are still in-copyright and have been released for private
use only. However, many
