tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post2005424094510018191..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Europeana – Next StepsMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-47642073010858415422009-08-29T19:13:17.638+01:002009-08-29T19:13:17.638+01:00Wikipedia:PD says -
In the U.S., any work publish...Wikipedia:PD says -<br /><br />In the U.S., any work published before January 1, 1923 anywhere in the world is in the public domain.<br /><br />Footnote: Strictly speaking, only U.S. works published before January 1, 1923 and foreign works published in compliance with U.S. formalities (registration, © notice) before that date are in the public domain in the U.S. For non-U.S. works published without compliance with U.S. formalities (i.e., without © notice), the situation is a bit more complicated: <br /><br />If published before 1909, such works are in the public domain in the U.S.<br /> <br />If published between 1909 and 1922 (inclusive) in a language other than English, the Ninth Circuit has considered them as "unpublished works" according to Peter Hirtle and following the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case Twin Books v. Disney in 1996. The case was about the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods; the decision is heavily criticized in Nimmer on Copyright, the standard commentary on U.S. copyright law.<br /> <br />If published between 1909 and 1922 (inclusive) in English, they are highly likely to be PD, given that the aforementioned controversial case was only about a work published in a foreign language.<br /> <br />Additionally, any work first published outside of the United States without copyright notice prior to 1989, when the U.S. joined the Berne Convention, is in the public domain in the U.S. if it was in the public domain in its country of origin on the URAA date (in most cases January 1, 1996). See the section on country-specific rules for more information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-91756135428119464132009-08-28T15:51:41.005+01:002009-08-28T15:51:41.005+01:00Without checking, surely the 1923 rule in the US i...Without checking, surely the 1923 rule in the US is only absolute as respects works of US origin and works of Berne origin get Berne duration, even in the maverick USA.Richard McD Bridgenoreply@blogger.com