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
