Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Laos AIDS education campaign.jpg
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A photo of a government (?) poster in Laos. We don't seem to have much information on the country, but if its kept French influence on its law it won't have Freedom of Panorama and we definitely can't assume it has. Picture used on Wikipedia (fair use?). --Simonxag 12:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Laos apparently has NO copyright law, see [1]. The Laotian government can't very well claim copyright on anything it produces if it has no legislation... Furthermore the poster was apparently funded by USAID (as it says right on the bottom). Under US law (where our servers are) this might therefore be considered a US gov't work... -Nard 13:34, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Comment Good research. But... Your source has Laos having no copyright law but being on the verge of introducing one. (I think partial US government funding is a bit of a red herring.) Where does that leave this picture? Would the poster be copyright in the US? Will it very shortly be copyright? Does anybody know? --Simonxag 09:44, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Keep Wow. This level of uncertainty inclines me toward keep (for now), unless and until Laos does do its own copyright legislation. The USAID funding is irrelevant - works paid for by the US government but not executed by US government employees are not automatically PD. The only remaining question in my mind is whether US law recognizes copyright on works executed in other countries, even if those works are PD there. Werewombat 20:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Kept. as per Werewombat. OK for now. Yann (talk) 16:22, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
