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‎US FoP law and its interaction with foreign law: edit: I didn't ask this very well
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The earliest record of this eagle being anywhere is [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tUSPc65Gd1sC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA58 outside Larz Anderson's house in Tokyo]. He brought it back with him to the US in 1913. If the sculpture is Japanese, then the sculptor must have died before 1962 for it to be PD, which is far from certain.

The earliest record of this eagle being anywhere is [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tUSPc65Gd1sC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA58 outside Larz Anderson's house in Tokyo]. He brought it back with him to the US in 1913. If the sculpture is Japanese, then the sculptor must have died before 1962 for it to be PD, which is far from certain.

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So the question is: would a Japanese copyright on this sculpture have any bearing on the copyright status of the photo? Can United States copyright law be invoked to protect a foreign copyright which is not valid in the US? --[[User:Moogsi|moogsi]] ([[User talk:Moogsi|blah]]) 01:23, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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Does the Japanese copyright still apply if the sculpture is permanently installed in the US? --[[User:Moogsi|moogsi]] ([[User talk:Moogsi|blah]]) 01:23, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
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:I'm gonna say that I think the answer is no: Commons regularly making me consider the law of at least 2 countries has warped my brain --[[User:Moogsi|moogsi]] ([[User talk:Moogsi|blah]]) 01:26, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

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