On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 7:26:41 PM UTC+10, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 28-Dec-21 7:43 pm, Max wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 6:28:44 PM UTC+10, Sylvia Else wrote:
> >> On 28-Dec-21 7:25 pm, Max wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 12:50:30 PM UTC+10, Sylvia Else wrote:
> >>>> On 28-Dec-21 1:17 pm, Peter Jason wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 10:58:44 +1100, Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 28-Dec-21 8:17 am, Peter Jason wrote:
> >>>>>>> Specifically old school photos, at school, of decades ago.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Did you take the photographs?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sylvia.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I took many, but not all.
> >>>>> I have given copies to the school "archive department".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How many years must pass before I can scan & publish the old school
> >>>>> journals, in pdf, with OCR for searching?
> >>>> It's going to be at least 70 years after the journals were originally
> >>>> published, and considerably longer if the authors of the journals are
> >>>> identifiable.
> >>>
> >>> Why does it matter whether the author of the journal is identifiable? Isn't 70 years the duration of copyright regardless?
> >>>
> >> For an identifiable author, it's 70 years from the death of the author.
> >>
> >> Sylvia.
> >
> > What happens if the author is a government department, or a company?
> I think that the answer is that this is not possible. The author is
> always either one or more natural persons. They may have transferred
> their rights to their employer, or other entity, but they remain the
> author, and the persistence of the copyright depends on whether they
> have died, and if so, when.
>
> Of course, in many cases where an employee was the author, it's entirely
> possible that, some years downstream, it is no longer possible to
> identify the author.
>
> Sylvia.

There is this table regarding copyright of official texts by country:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_of_official_texts

If there is a report written say by an Australian government committee and the authors are therefore unspecified public servants, what would be the duration of the copyright and when would it start?

Max the MORON wrote:

===============
> > >>
> > >> Sylvia.
> > >
> > > What happens if the author is a government department, or a company?
> > I think that the answer is that this is not possible. The author is
> > always either one or more natural persons. They may have transferred
> > their rights to their employer, or other entity, but they remain the
> > author, and the persistence of the copyright depends on whether they
> > have died, and if so, when.
> >
> > Of course, in many cases where an employee was the author, it's entirely
> > possible that, some years downstream, it is no longer possible to
> > identify the author.
> >
>
> There is this table regarding copyright of official texts by country:
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_of_official_texts
>
> If there is a report written say by an Australian government committee and the authors are therefore unspecified public servants, what would be the duration of the copyright and when would it start?

** FFS read your own link !!!!!!!!!.
Forget Sylvia - she has not got one tiny clue.

..... Phil

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:54:05 -0800 (PST), Phil Allison
<pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter Jason = fake name wrote:
>===========================
>>
>> >Specifically old school photos, at school, of decades ago.
>> >
>> >I want to put them up on instagram.
>> >
>> >Do I need the school's permission?
>> >
>> >Do I need the permission of the students featured therein?
>> >
>> >Can I be sued off the planet if I ignore all permissions?
>> >
>> >
>> ............I'm a bit confused.
>>
>
>** ROTFLMAO !!!

Wot's this? "ROTFLMAO"
Reflect On This Fulsome Loquacious Much Articled Oratory ??
Please xplian!
>
> Totally Fucked in the Head is the actual truth.

Jeeezuz, wot a TROLL!
>
> First - your own paranoid thinking confuses you.
> The above also prevents you composing a rational question.

They're ALL questions 'fer Chrissake!
> So all posted answers are rendered meaningless.
> Bugger off.

Another day, another control freak!
>
>
>
>..... Phil

Peter Jason = fake name liar wrote:
==============================
> >>
> >> >Specifically old school photos, at school, of decades ago.
> >> >
> >> >I want to put them up on instagram.
> >> >
> >> >Do I need the school's permission?
> >> >
> >> >Do I need the permission of the students featured therein?
> >> >
> >> >Can I be sued off the planet if I ignore all permissions?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> ............I'm a bit confused.
> >>
> >
> >** ROTFLMAO !!!
> Wot's this? "ROTFLMAO"

** You know.

> > Totally Fucked in the Head is the actual truth.
>
> Jeeezuz, wot a TROLL!
> >

** LOL - what an obvious truth.

> > First - your own paranoid thinking confuses you.
> > The above also prevents you composing a rational question.

> They're ALL questions 'fer Chrissake!

** But you left out the adjectives:

Like "fuckwit" , "bullshit" , " fake" , " paranoid", " lunatic" and " asinine",

FOAD you pile of shit.

On Sat, 1 Jan 2022 18:23:50 -0800 (PST), Phil Allison
<pallison49@gmail.com> wrote:

>Peter Jason = fake name liar wrote:
>==============================
>> >>
>> >> >Specifically old school photos, at school, of decades ago.
>> >> >
>> >> >I want to put them up on instagram.
>> >> >
>> >> >Do I need the school's permission?
>> >> >
>> >> >Do I need the permission of the students featured therein?
>> >> >
>> >> >Can I be sued off the planet if I ignore all permissions?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> ............I'm a bit confused.
>> >>
>> >
>> >** ROTFLMAO !!!
>> Wot's this? "ROTFLMAO"
>
>** You know.
>
>> > Totally Fucked in the Head is the actual truth.
>>
>> Jeeezuz, wot a TROLL!
>> >
>
>** LOL - what an obvious truth.
>
>
>> > First - your own paranoid thinking confuses you.
>> > The above also prevents you composing a rational question.
>
>> They're ALL questions 'fer Chrissake!
>
>** But you left out the adjectives:
>
> Like "fuckwit" , "bullshit" , " fake" , " paranoid", " lunatic" and " asinine",
>
> FOAD you pile of shit.
>
How rude! You might feel regret if I FOAD'd. Too late for remorse
then. Weeping over my grave will not expunge guilt feelings you know.
Clearly you are ill and I've bought The Book to investigate....
https://www.alibris.com/Dsm-5-Insanely-Simplified-Unlocking-the-Spectrums-Within-Dsm-5-and-ICD-10-Steven-Buser/book/30573756?matches=11

...........though you're probably just a peevish brat in need of
strenuous discipline!