[talk-au] Adelaide out of copyright street directory

[Cameron]

My suggestion would be to seek some advice from someone who knows a bit more
about copyright in Australia before copying something. The staff at
libraries are usually trained to have some knowledge of it. I don't really
know what a "published edition" is.

Google brought this up -
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/copyright/information/fastfind/publisheded.html

~Cameron

2009/1/18 Liz <edodd at billiau.net>

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009, Liz wrote:
> > > Do maps fall under "published editions" or "artistic works"? Cos that
> > > will make a 25 year difference...
>
> No, I'm not a lawyer (phew)
> we are certainly taking the view that a map is a collection of facts
> and certainly not an artistic work
> (although Steve did mention on legal-talk about one mapper's work of a
> Pommie
> town that should have been considered an artistic work)
> I've just scanned a 1979 Gregory's of Wollongong.
> Do I put it on my server?
> I once had a 1980 Adelaide directory but binned it years ago as it got me
> more
> lost than was helpful. There should be directories which are old enough in
> secondhand book shops.
>
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