[WikiEN-l] Re: Possible exception to "1923 is OK" rule

Sat Aug 7 14:52:24 UTC 2004

From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
> The EU generally follows a life plus 70 rule.  For quick reference I 
> use
> the site http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html#whatpd

Thanks for reminding me of that link. When I was at the Boston meetup, 
I mentioned to JamesDay that the UPenn site had a reference to a very 
obscure possible exception to the 1923 rule, and that was it, or more 
specifically

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/c-fineprint.html

It says that _possibly_ a work published within the juridiction of the 
Ninth Circuit Court _might_ still be under copyright if a) The work was 
first published on or after July 1, 1909 _and_ b) The work was never 
published prior to 1923 with a copyright notice recognized by the US 
_and_ c) The work was never published prior to 1923 in the United 
States and maybe also d) the work had to be in a language other than 
English.

Just in case anyone thought there were _any_ simple rules about 
copyright law.

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