Re: [gutvol-d] Rule 6 Question

On 1 Aug 2005, at 10:12, Michael Hart wrote:

BTW, does anyone know about Japanese copyrights from before WWII???

We have a volunteer with some pre-war Japanese materials.

I would usually use the 1923 cutoff.

Why not now? Is this for publication in the US? If so, pre-1923 should be fine (IANAL). If not, I suggest the volunteer talk to the Aozora Bunko people. The Wikipedia article on copyright in Japan mentions it as a Life+50 country, but also mentions that it has some war time exceptions. -- branko collin collin@xs4all.nl