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Not all of these have pagescans so a sort out would be appreciated:

URL given notes - Bulletin of Friends' Historical Society, (Philadelphia) Vol. IV, no. 2 (Third Month, 1912,) pages 70-81 (which is pre 1924)

  • Mary Steel poem cited in w:Robert Falcon Scott; two different modern books about the expedition, as well as the Wikipedia article, quote just the last stanza. Originally printed in Daily Mail 14 February 1913, and Daily Chronicle 13 February 1913.

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[edit] Copyrighted and restricted by copyright holder

I do not believe this is correct. The first publication of the poem was in the March 7, 1923 issue of The New Republic. Later that year, Frost included it in a book of poems he published. Under the copyright law in effect in 1951, a copyright expired on the 28th anniversary of its date of first publication, unless the copyright was renewed within one year prior to the expiration of the original term of copyright. Frost did not renew the copyright of the poem by March 1951, instead renewing the copyright of the book published later in 1923 that contained the poem, by which time the poem itself had entered the public domain. (Not until the Copyright Act of 1976 did all copyright terms expire at the end of the calendar year.) Even if Frost had renewed the copyright in a timely manner, it would expire in 2018 (95 years after first publication), not 2033, seventy years after Frost's death. Life + 70 is only for works first published since 1978. — Walloon (talk) 01:59, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Governmental and organizational works

See also w:Official text copyright for a list of official text in the public domain or under copyright.

  • United Nations works are in the public domain if qualified for {{PD-UN}}. Otherwise, they may be copyrighted.
  • Canadian legislation is under Crown Copyright pursuant to Section 12 of the Copyright Act for 50 years since the first publication. The Reproduction of Federal Law Order applies to allow more recent works to be reproduced.
  • Hong Kong Laws are under governmental copyright and the permission there is subject to withdrawal at any time should it ever happen, thus not compatible with GFDL. They are copyrighted for 50 years since publication in the Gazette of the Hong Kong Government pursuant to Article 183 of the Copyright Ordinance.
  • Laws of Singapore are under governmental copyright for 70 years since their publications pursuant to Section 197 of the Copyright Act.
  • For Judicial Yuan Interpretations of the Republic of China based in Taiwan after 1949, English translations at http://www.judicial.gov.tw/constitutionalcourt/en/P03_0001.asp and http://nwjirs.judicial.gov.tw/eng/FINT/FINTQRY01.asp are translated by governmentally contracted outsiders with translators' names noted, so these translations there are copyrighted. Please do not copy these goernmentally contracted private translations here, but Wikisource users may make their own translations to be released under GFDL or similar free-use licenses.
  • United Kingdom Legislation is under Crown Copyright whose waiver is considered not compatible with GFDL. Crown copyright expires 50 years after publication and publication pass into the public domain.
  • The Smyth Report, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes.

[edit] Works in the public domain in source countries but copyrighted in the USA

American non-acceptance of the rule of the shorter term may cause certain works to be considered copyrighted in the USA even if they are in the public domain in their source countries. If a work has been legally published in the USA and another jurisdiction, it is anyway subject to the USA copyright term even if the USA had accepted the rule of the shorter term.

Administrators: Whenever deleting works in the public domain in source countries but copyrighted in the USA, please list them below so they can be more easily submitted again if the USA accepts the rule of the shorter term.

  • Author:G. K. Chesterton:
    Four Faultless Felons has no record in the Stanford database, but contains copyrighted work: "The Ecstatic Thief" copyrighted 1929, renewed 1957, R188601, "The Moderate Murderer" and "The Honest Quack" both copyrighted 1929, renewed 1957. R188600. There's no renewal record of "The Loyal Traitor" in the Stanford database.
    The Poet and the Lunatics was copyrighted 1929 and renewed 1957 as well. (R198754)
    The Return of Don Quixote was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1954. (R140104)
    Tales of the Long Bow was copyrighted 1925 and renewed 1953. (R106659)
    The Scandal of Father Brown was copyrighted 1935 and renewed 1963. (R320553)
    The Secret of Father Brown was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1954. (R140552)
    The Incredulity of Father Brown was copyrighted 1926 and renewed 1953. (R114867)
    Robert Louis Stevenson (Chesterton) was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1958. (R145942)
    William Cobbett was copyrighted 1926 and renewed 1953. (R115345)
    The Outline of Sanity was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1955. (R145941)
    The Everlasting Man was copyrighted 1925 and renewed in 1953. (R106437)
    Available at Four Faultless Felons (Wikilivres).
  • Author:Arthur Conan Doyle:
    The Land of Mist was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R128774)
    The Disintegration Machine was copyrighted 1928 and renewed in 1956. (R177202)
    Ten of the twelve stories in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes remain under copyright in the United States:
    The Adventure of the Illustrious Client was copyrighted 1924 and renewed in 1952. (R92993)
    The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129373)
    The Adventure of the Three Gables was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129374)
    The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire was copyrighted 1923 and renewed in 1951. (R82151)
    The Adventure of the Three Garridebs was copyrighted 1924 and renewed in 1952. (R92992)
    The Adventure of the Creeping Man was copyrighted 1923 and renewed in 1950. (R65266)
    The Adventure of the Lion's Mane was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129372)
    The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger was copyrighted 1927 and renewed in 1955. (R149513)
    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place was copyrighted 1927 and renewed in 1955. (R149513)
    The Adventure of the Retired Colourman was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129371)
    Available at The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Wikilivres).
  • Author:Rudyard Kipling:
    Banquet Night was published in 1926, and the copyright was renewed, according to the Stanford database, in 1953 (R117669)
    Available at Banquet Night (Wikilivres).
  • Works by Mahadev Desai, available at Wikilivres: Mahadev Desai
  • Letters from the Earth was published in 1962 after its author Mark Twain died in 1910.

[edit] Recently fulfilled requests

Coming soon, I promise. Cowardly Lion 22:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
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