On 22/02/12 21:07, Ian Sergeant wrote: > But not necessarily scans of the maps (which can be their own original > piece of work), and which at least the state library and national library > generally impose their own copyright on.
In the US at least the Wikimedia Foundation says... The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain, and that claims to the contrary represent an assault on the very concept of a public domain". For details, see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag. This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain. Please be aware that depending on local laws, re-use of this content may be prohibited or restricted in your jurisdiction. See Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs. I would like to know if this applies to Australia too. Probably not as per http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reuse_of_PD-Art_photographs#UK I just wish I had looked into this more or at least this was raised when I asked the list previously about the work I did extracting data from government maps >50yrs old but only scanned recently.
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