@Harry. We are talking about what is reasonable and an objective rather than subjective test. The so-called man on the Clapham omnibus would know little about Public Domain laws of his own country let alone other countries. He is niether a lawyer nor a student of archaeology. To quote from Wikipedia which is fairly accurate in this instance:
"The man on the Clapham omnibus is a hypothetical reasonable person, used by the courts in English law where it is necessary to decide whether a party has acted as a reasonable person would" .....
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