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raincrowlee
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Well, in that case, there is the Berne Convention to consider. That's the treaty between a large number of nations that legally binds countries to respect the copyright laws of other nations. Both the US and Australia are signators.
A copy can be found http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/trtdocs_wo001.html. If you look at Article 7-8: "(8) In any case, the term shall be governed by the legislation of the country where protection is claimed; however, unless the legislation of that country otherwise provides, the term shall not exceed the term fixed in the country of origin of the work." The argument can be made that, since the copyright in the country of origin is non-existent, then it can't exist in any other of the signatory nations. It should, by all rights, be in the public domain. |
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onebir
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And even if FSI material is protected by copyright in Australia - unlikely given Raincrowlee's point - because the FSI acknowledges the material's public domain status, it's hard to imagine it trying to enforce copyright.
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DemiPuppet
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The Berne Convention is "author centric" and sets minimum standards for copyright. "The rule of the lesser term" is not accepted by all signers.
Berne Article 19 states: The provisions of this Convention shall not preclude the making of a claim to the benefit of any greater protection which may be granted by legislation in a country of the Union. The country's laws take precedence (Article 36). For example, in the US only foreign works in the public domain in their country of origin before 1 Jan 1996 are automatically in the public domain. Otherwise the 70 years after death rule applies. See onebir's link to the Cornell website. In the US, the copyright duration for government works is 0 days. Even so, I don't think the US would press any claims in this case. I just feel that any third parties (such as librarians) should be fully informed. Edited by DemiPuppet - 13 January 2007 at 10:08am |
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nieuk
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Thanks guys.. I know Australian copyright is typically author's life plus 70 years. But I'll forward all relevant information to the head librarian to see their response. Hopefully they don't take the conservative stance and they grant me access. If anyone else knows of any other articles/clauses that may assist, then please share :) |
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Happiness
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When will we have the Yoruba audio? I notice that it was mentioned a year ago on this thread that the Yoruba audio would be put up soon. Is it the basic or intermediate Yoruba by the way. Thank you.
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