[WikiEN-l] Hijack

Mon Nov 17 08:09:28 UTC 2003

Matt M. wrote:
> > Material that's in the public domain remains in the public domain
> > forever. Nobody can attack it and nobody can defend it. You can slap a
> > bogus copyright notice on a public domain work, but that does not change
> > its public domain status.
>
> <warning: personal interest coming>
>
> Do you happen to know if this is true in Canada? I ask because the Gov't
of
> Quebec has several photos on one of their archive websites that are
> definitely old enough to be P.D. but which they claim to have copyright
> over. I'm wondering if I could get away with using them without asking.

Just because the photo's PD doesn't mean a scan of it is. It's the same as
how a photograph of public property is copyrightable. That's how I recall it
being described to me, anyway. Your mileage (kilometerage?) may vary...

-- Jake