Re: Public Domain outside of US

On 23/03/98, Robert Baron <rabaron[_at_]pipeline.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a guide on the order of Laura Gasaway's to what qualifies as
> public domain in countries outside of the US?
>
> Depending upon which country you are in, is there a difference in what
> is considered public domain?

In Australia, I've always considered it to be material in which the copyright has expired; i.e. once the term of protection under Australian law has run out, the work "enters the public domain".

Cheers,

Mike Lean,
Copyright Officer
Queensland University of Technology
<m.lean[_at_]qut.edu.au> Received on Wed Mar 25 1998 - 02:40:37 GMT