Re: Public Domain outside of US

From: Bernard Katz <bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:34:31 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Hilary Cantwell <hilary[_at_]deakin.edu.au> wrote:
>
> In Australia, government documents aren't automatically in the public
> domain. There are some provisions in the Act which allow some limited
> copying of things like statutes and court judgments.

The situation in Canada is similar. But I don't believe that what is allowed re limited copying from Crown copyright materials is spelled out specifically in the statute. As I don't have a copy to hand at the moment to check this, can one of the other Canadian participants comment?

Cheers,
Bernard Katz, Head, Special Collections and Library Development

	      McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph Library
              Guelph, Ontario
	  and Chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force

bkatz[_at_]uoguelph.ca // (519) 824-4120 X2089 // FAX: (519) 824-6931 Received on Thu Mar 26 1998 - 01:34:40 GMT