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From: W David Samuelsen <>
Subject: Re: [COPYRIGHT] Copyright question--Book published in India 1908
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:24:21 -0600
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worldwide, anything before 1923 is in public domain, except in Great
Britain (I had been informed by a British couple who were in Salt Lake
City for the FGS convention) where the copyright is a Crown Copyright
only for public records.

David Samuelsen

Michael Fearn wrote:
> A couple of websites suggest that duration of copyright is 60 years from
> death of Author for India.
> http://www.caslon.com.au/durationprofile.htm
> http://www.ladas.com/Patents/Computer/CopyrightFundamentals.html
>
> India's major copyright law was made in 1957, but I can't find
> information for works created before then. I would assume year of death
> of author + 60 years unless some other reliable information comes to light.
>
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Melanie Tucker wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:38:17 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Melanie Tucker <>
>> Reply-To:
>> To:
>> Subject: [COPYRIGHT] Copyright question--Book published in India 1908
>> Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:38:22 -0600
>> Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:00:26 +0100
>> Resent-From:
>>
>> I borrowed a book through Interlibrary Loan that is a history of a
>> church in India that my ancestors attended. The book was published in
>> Calcutta, India in 1908. Under Indian copyright law, is this now
>> under public domain? Can I make copies/scans/digital images of the
>> pages? What about posting them on the Internet? What about the
>> photographs in the book? Is this a different matter entirely?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Melanie
>>
>>
>>
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