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Documents published without a copyright notice in the United States before January 1st, 1978 are in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain public domain] in that nation.<REF> [http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, 1 January 2007], by Peter B. Hirtle. </REF> | Documents published without a copyright notice in the United States before January 1st, 1978 are in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain public domain] in that nation.<REF> [http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, 1 January 2007], by Peter B. Hirtle. </REF> | ||
| − | They are also in the public domain in the European Union, where the "shorter term" rule applies to foreign works, and foreign documents which are already in public domain in their home country are not further protected.<REF> [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31993L0098:EN:HTML Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights], art.7. </REF> | + | They are also in the public domain in the European Union, where the "shorter term" rule applies to foreign works, and foreign documents which are already in the public domain in their home country are not further protected.<REF> [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31993L0098:EN:HTML Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights], art.7. </REF> |
| − | The advertising material inserted by a company in a magazine usually does not have a copyright notice. Editors of Camerapedia.org (forerunner of Camera-wiki.org) | + | The advertising material inserted by a company in a magazine usually does not have a copyright notice. Editors of Camerapedia.org (forerunner of Camera-wiki.org) discussed this question and concluded that the copyright notice which might appear on the magazine itself, on behalf of its publisher, does not extend to the advertisements, to which the publishing company owns no right and which would be the property of the advertising company if it wanted to claim its rights.<!-- If this interpretation was wrong, probably the publication of this advertising material in Camera-wiki would anyway fall under fair use as concerns the US legislation, but uploading these documents from within the European Union would be illegal.--> |
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 24 March 2011
Documents published without a copyright notice in the United States before January 1st, 1978 are in the public domain in that nation.[1]
They are also in the public domain in the European Union, where the "shorter term" rule applies to foreign works, and foreign documents which are already in the public domain in their home country are not further protected.[2]
The advertising material inserted by a company in a magazine usually does not have a copyright notice. Editors of Camerapedia.org (forerunner of Camera-wiki.org) discussed this question and concluded that the copyright notice which might appear on the magazine itself, on behalf of its publisher, does not extend to the advertisements, to which the publishing company owns no right and which would be the property of the advertising company if it wanted to claim its rights.
