On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:07, Cary Bass <c...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Cary Bass wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:59, Cary Bass <c...@wikimedia.org> > >> wrote: > > > >>> I'd like to point out that in fact, these images would be > >>> accepted on to Commons, because Commons respects the country of > >>> origin rule rather than the PD-US rule that more often applies > >>> on the English Wikipedia. >
> > Yes, of course I didn't make an exception to my comment, regarding > > whether or not an image was first published in the United States. > > :-) Foolish me for not pointing out the exceptions; however... this > > image was published in 1957 without a copyright notice, making it > > public domain in the US. I've noted that in the deletion discussion > > on Commons. > Or does this fall under that crazy 1996 law... > > It might fall under that, yes. It was published in 1957 without a copyright notice, but may have been published before that with one. I don't know. Nor do I know whether that matters. It was regarded as copyrighted in its country of origin in 1996, I believe, if we take that as Israel, because taken in 1948 (plus 50 = 1998); therefore the crazy 1996 law may apply. If the country of origin is Jordan, I think it's 1948 plus 25. Thanks for saying something about it on the delete page anyway. Sarah _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l