Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/March 27, 2007

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Are we really sure the image is PD? the person who drew it would only have had to survive 39 years after drawing it for it not to be.01:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Anything published before 1922 is in the public domain regardless of how long the creator lived. Raul654 01:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

published in the US. That is the london version (we don't even know if was published int he US before the 50s). We have no reason to think think it was published in the US before 1923.Geni 01:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

See this chart. Works published anywhere in the world before 1 July 1909 are in the public domain in the US. Raul654 01:31, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Public domain in the United States maybe. However, the copyright status in the source nation matters. The copyright status in the UK (which is probably the source nation) isn't transparent.--Nilfanion (talk) 17:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)