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Do not tag this with the generic and pointless Not PD in USA template. This is a work published by the crown (City of Toronto) over 50 years ago: It is therefore public domain worldwide per the Crown Copyright Act. - Floydian (talk) 18:08, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- That is the case for UK Crown Copyright, because of an explicit release received by Wikimedia by the U.K. government. But I am not aware of any consensus in which the same has been agreed for Canadian crown copyright images. I would be delighted if there were such a consensus, BTW. But please do not delete tags from such images until there is such a consensus. And, from a legal perspective, a municipality ≠ the Crown. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 22:54, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- There's no consensus needed. Crown copyright is a law, and it sets explicit terms for copyright. Once those terms expire, the material becomes public domain, not some quasi copyright status, nor copyright in the US. This has been discussed ad nauseum in the past. Toronto is under an agreement to provide services on behalf of the crown, as per the City of Toronto Act (2006). I have an email from the senior copyright manager for ServiceOntario (which deals with all of the publications made by the province), Caroline Gray which I have posted in many of these cases to end the discussion.
- That is the case for UK Crown Copyright, because of an explicit release received by Wikimedia by the U.K. government. But I am not aware of any consensus in which the same has been agreed for Canadian crown copyright images. I would be delighted if there were such a consensus, BTW. But please do not delete tags from such images until there is such a consensus. And, from a legal perspective, a municipality ≠ the Crown. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 22:54, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- Dear Mr. O'Neill:
- Thank you for your e-mail.
- Under section 12 of the Copyright Act, the term of Crown copyright is "the remainder of the calendar year of the first publication of the work and for a period of fifty years following the end of that calendar year". Once the term of copyright has expired, materials are in the public domain and may be reproduced without seeking permission.
- The Government of Ontario does not issue blanket licences authorizing reproduction for commercial purposes.
- Requests for permission to reproduce materials for commercial purposes are referred to the ministry or agency which created the material. If they approve the request, the Queen's Printer for Ontario issues a licence authorizing reproduction. Please note that the Archives of Ontario handles permissions for the materials within its holdings: www.archives.gov.on.ca
- Attached is information on applying for copyright permission.
- Yours truly
- Carolyn Gray
- Senior Copyright Advisor, ServiceOntario Publications
- Cheers, Floydian (talk) 12:20, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
