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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
If I may respectfully correct, the P.D. in Australia Doc Savages are still there. Just popped over and checked....
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They are recent additions, as they are PD in Oz as far as the site administrator knows. The stuff they were carrying before
was removed.
(It happened a couple of years back, and I believe the sender of the cautionary note was one of the MR folks, trying to protect the site.)
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The issue is still very much unsettled. I wish some group like EFF would be willing to litigate it in, say Canada. There is no case law anywhere that I know of concerning extra-territorial rights for copyright....
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It would be nice to have clear cut precedents established.
But as mentioned, I think this is a case of follow the money. It will be an issue insofar as someone thinks they can actually sell the stuff for enough to make trying to enforce the rights worth the while. For the majority of PD here but not there material, I doubt anyone really cares.
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Dennis